Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.7% of homes are flats
Households without a car make up 3.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 313 residents in Bouteville, living in 140 households. Across Bouteville, one in ten homes are second homes. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 77% of compared French towns: 15%.
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 Bouteville
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouteville had 330 residents at the 2012 census and 313 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 88% of compared French towns: Bouteville changed by −5% 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
Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −3% to 2023.
A median age of 48.8: Bouteville is older than 78% 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
■ Bouteville 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 13% in Bouteville.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 72% of compared French towns: 29%
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
In Bouteville, 30% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households account for 11%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Turnover: 5.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
A median standard of living of €24,830 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.
Living standards centre on €24,830 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Bouteville, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 66% 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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 15%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bouteville: 6.4% 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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns. For Bouteville, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Bouteville has 47%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bouteville comes in at 21%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bouteville and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouteville | 48.8 | 25% | 10% | 6.4% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 3.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 6 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 8.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 10.5 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 11.1 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
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 Bouteville
What is the population of Bouteville?
313 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (330).
How old are Bouteville’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouteville?
19, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouteville?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouteville?
€24,830 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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