Bourg-Charente ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.5%
The share of one-person households is 29%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.7% of homes are second homes in Bourg-Charente. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 96% of compared French towns: 7.2%. Census day 2023: 887 residents and 360 households locally.
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.
Bourg-Charente grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 72% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +13%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 79% of compared French towns: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourg-Charente 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bourg-Charente’s residents are over 47.3, older than in 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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 2.3 people each. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children.
5.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 86% 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
One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €28,370 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.
At €28,370 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 78% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Bourg-Charente has 11%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 74% of compared French towns: 4% of residents are immigrants
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.7% in Bourg-Charente. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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.
In Bourg-Charente, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of married residents (47%), Bourg-Charente is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 23% in Bourg-Charente and 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 887 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Older than Bourg-Charente: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Charente | 47.3 | 28% | 5.7% | 4% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 2.3 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 4.9 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 5.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 9.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 11.2 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
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 Bourg-Charente
What is the population of Bourg-Charente?
887 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (800).
How old are Bourg-Charente’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourg-Charente?
23, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourg-Charente?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourg-Charente?
€28,370 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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