In Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, 0.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The 2023 Census put Boutiers-Saint-Trojan’s population at 1,387, in 630 households. Households without a car account for 3.5%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 42%, more than in 88% 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 Boutiers-Saint-Trojan
An older town
Half of Boutiers-Saint-Trojan’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan had 1,452 residents at the 2012 census and 1,387 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 86% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Charente. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boutiers-Saint-Trojan 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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 2.2 people each. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.9% here, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.3%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of homes are second homes in Boutiers-Saint-Trojan. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 9.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more.
At the median, €30,620 a year to live on
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 €30,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 manual worker trails 70% of compared French towns: 11%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan sits below 82% of compared French towns for immigrants (3%)
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.
Here 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents is 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, less than in 79% 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 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Boutiers-Saint-Trojan comes in at 34%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,387 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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).
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutiers-Saint-Trojan | 51.3 | 27% | 3.2% | 3% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 1.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 2.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 3.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 6.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 12.6 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 12.7 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 Boutiers-Saint-Trojan
What is the population of Boutiers-Saint-Trojan?
1,387 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,452).
How old are Boutiers-Saint-Trojan’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boutiers-Saint-Trojan?
23, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boutiers-Saint-Trojan?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boutiers-Saint-Trojan?
€30,620 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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