Only 3.7% of homes are flats in Cellettes
2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Here, 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.6% of homes are second homes. Cellettes is home to 393 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Cellettes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cellettes had 435 residents at the 2012 census and 393 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cellettes changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: −8% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Cellettes is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cellettes 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.9% in Cellettes. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 60% of compared French towns.
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%.
7.4% of households are single parents, below 86% 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
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Cellettes. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 38% of households are one person living alone.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty
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 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). On households without a car, Cellettes sits lower than 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 7.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €24,040 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 residents live in households above €24,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 figure for households headed by a retired person is 34% in Cellettes and 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cellettes: 6.2% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. The census found that 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Cellettes.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cellettes ranks below 84% of compared French towns on married residents: 37%
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
With single residents at 27%, Cellettes is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cellettes
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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Cellettes, about two in ten. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (393 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Cellettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellettes | 48.5 | 24% | 7.6% | 6.2% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 7.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 10.9 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 11.1 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 11.4 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 11.5 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 13.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 Cellettes
What is the population of Cellettes?
393 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (435).
How old are Cellettes’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cellettes?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cellettes?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cellettes?
€24,040 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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