Couples with children: 41%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Birac has 3.5%. The 2023 Census counted 374 residents in 150 households. Just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person. The median age locally is 40.1, lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
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 Birac
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Birac has changed by +2%, slower than 63% of compared French towns
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
15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Birac 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Birac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 17%
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
The typical household size is 2.6 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households make up about one in ten here (10%).
5.5% of homes are second homes, more than in 79% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 7.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Birac sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€28,030 a year: the median standard of living
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.
At €28,030 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Birac sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (41%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, above 72% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Birac ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Birac, 1.4%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 18% in Birac, less than in 98% of compared French towns
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 84% of compared French towns
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 13% in Birac and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 374 to 2,582 people: this is the 3rd youngest
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).
No nearby town is as young as Birac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birac | 40.1 | 15% | 5.5% | 2.2% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 2.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 5.5 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 7.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 8.5 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 9.8 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 10 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
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 Birac
What is the population of Birac?
374 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (368).
How old are Birac’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Birac?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Birac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Birac?
€28,030 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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