Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Confolens is over 58.2
The share of second homes is 8.8%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Confolens had 2,730 residents in 1,310 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 44% of households are headed by a retired person here.
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 Confolens
An older town
Half of Confolens’ residents are under 58.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 420 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Confolens behind 69% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Confolens 58.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.5% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
By its share of single-parent households (7.3%), Confolens is below 87% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.8 people.
Empty homes make up 22% in Confolens, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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 seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% of households have no car. Confolens has fewer households in social housing than 65% of compared French towns, at 9.1%.
Median standard of living: €23,280 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 €23,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 21.0% of the population.
6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 69% of compared French towns
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 manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 81% of compared French towns: 9.6%
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 11% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Typically, 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 three quarters 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.
Fewer married residents than 73% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Single residents: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
30% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 91% 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
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 2,698 to 2,762 people: this is the 4th 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 Trieux (37.7), the youngest, and Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie (61.9), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Confolens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confolens | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 10.3 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 14 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 15 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 17 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
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 Confolens
What is the population of Confolens?
2,730 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,726).
How old are Confolens’ residents?
The median age is 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Confolens?
170, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Confolens?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (9.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Confolens?
€23,280 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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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