Bardenac is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 20: 4.9% of households have no car. The 2023 Census counted 214 residents in 110 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%.
Throughout this page, the Charente median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Bardenac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bardenac had 258 residents at the 2012 census and 214 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bardenac’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Bardenac changed by −17% since 2012
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −12%, then −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 86% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bardenac 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Bardenac comes in at 25%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 16% of households are couples with children
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. Higher than in 91% of compared French towns: 14% of households are single parents. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Bardenac, 37% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
3.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Bardenac. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 7.7% of the total.
Median standard of living: €23,490 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Bardenac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,490 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 84% of compared French towns: 25%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bardenac ranks above 84% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 11%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Bardenac has 9.8%. That is higher than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Bardenac sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
With adults with no qualification at 26%, Bardenac is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 214 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Bardenac, 1 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardenac | 55.5 | 25% | 7.7% | 9.8% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 10.8 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 13.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 17.6 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Bardenac
What is the population of Bardenac?
214 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (258).
How old are Bardenac’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bardenac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bardenac?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bardenac?
€23,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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