2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Chirac has 1.7%. Census day 2023: 781 residents and 360 households here. Across Chirac, 2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. On one-person households, Chirac sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 28%.
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 Chirac
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Chirac, 11% of its 460 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Some 7.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 34% who have been there 30 years or more. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.8% of households have no car. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty.
Slower than most: +3% since 2012, behind 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
The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Chirac is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chirac 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.4%, Chirac is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Chirac sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.3%)
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Chirac comes in at 28%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,760 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,760 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Chirac has 36%. 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).
More foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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 8.2% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 14% 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
In Chirac, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Chirac
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Chirac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chirac | 50.1 | 26% | 11% | 8.2% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 5.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 8 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 8.3 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 10.1 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 12.9 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 16.2 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 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 Chirac
What is the population of Chirac?
781 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (756).
How old are Chirac’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chirac?
53, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chirac?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chirac?
€24,760 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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