25% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
In Cellefrouin, 1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 598, in 270 households. The census found that 7% of residents are 15 to 24 locally. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 98% 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 Cellefrouin
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cellefrouin, 25% of its 410 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Cellefrouin’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cellefrouin ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.8%
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. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Cellefrouin (10%). By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 56% 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%.
Half of Cellefrouin is over 51.6, older than 88% 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
■ Cellefrouin 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of Cellefrouin’s residents are 65 or older, against 28% in the median Charente town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 71% of compared French towns: 31%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €22,020 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 Cellefrouin’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 tops 83% of compared French towns: 40%. Households headed by a manual worker come to 19% in Cellefrouin, about two in ten. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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).
Cellefrouin ranks above 88% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 12%
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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Cellefrouin, 12%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
For Cellefrouin, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 598 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Cellefrouin: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellefrouin | 51.6 | 28% | 25% | 12% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 5.3 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 9.1 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 10.6 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Brie 4,125 · 13 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 13.3 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 15.5 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Cellefrouin
What is the population of Cellefrouin?
598 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (563).
How old are Cellefrouin’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cellefrouin?
100, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cellefrouin?
INSEE counts 72 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cellefrouin?
€22,020 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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