Half of Combiers is over 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 128 residents in Combiers, living in 63 households. The share of flats stands at 1.8%. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 38% in the town.
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 Combiers
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Combiers, 35% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Combiers’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Combiers (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
35% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Combiers has 4.8%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Empty homes: nearly a tenth of the total.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Combiers behind 53% 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: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns: 31%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Combiers 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 38%, a higher share than 64% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Combiers, 23%. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
€23,060 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €23,060 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Here 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
20% of residents are immigrants, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals: 14% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 93% 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 88% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Combiers: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 72% 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
Graduates of higher education: 27% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Combiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combiers | 56.5 | 31% | 35% | 20% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 12.8 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 13.8 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 14.3 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 15.1 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 15.1 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 15.4 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
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 Combiers
What is the population of Combiers?
128 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (123).
How old are Combiers’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Combiers?
38, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Combiers?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Combiers?
€23,060 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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