Flats: 2.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns. Champniers had 5,281 residents in 2,400 households at the 2023 census. In Champniers, 4% of households have no car. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8%, below 93% 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.
+2% since 2012: slower than 61% 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 those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +3% to 2023.
Half of Champniers is over 48.7, 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
■ Champniers 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), Champniers is above 73% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% 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 household here holds 2.2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Nothing unusual on couples with children: 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
97% of homes are houses
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
Champniers sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. At 6.5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €28,310 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 €28,310 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 78% of compared French towns: 38%
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
One in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 13% in Champniers.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 88% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Champniers and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents make up 17% in Champniers, less 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 (49%), Champniers is above 86% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (32%), Champniers is above 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th 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.
The youngest is Mormant (36.8), the oldest Bretignolles-sur-Mer (62.9).
Champniers and its 6 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champniers | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 2.5 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 3.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Brie 4,125 · 3.2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 3.4 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 3.8 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 4.3 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 Champniers
What is the population of Champniers?
5,281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (5,171).
How old are Champniers’ residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champniers?
44, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champniers?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champniers?
€28,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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