Half of Curac is over 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 7.7%, below 99% of compared French towns. Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 15% here, more than in 77% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 113 residents in 62 households. Flats account for 2.2%.
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 Curac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Curac, 20% of its 93 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 89% 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 Curac’s residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Curac had 123 residents at the 2012 census and 113 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In Curac, 14% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Curac changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 95% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, −10%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
38% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Curac 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Curac has 7.4%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
Curac sits above 96% of compared French towns for single-parent households (15%)
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
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 87% of compared French towns: 46%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,740 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.
Living standards centre on €21,740 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 7.7% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (31%), Curac is below three fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Curac ranks above 87% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 12%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 12% of residents are immigrants in Curac. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Curac sits below 92% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 113 to 2,582 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Curac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curac | 60.3 | 38% | 20% | 12% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 10.4 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 15.1 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 15.7 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
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 Curac
What is the population of Curac?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (123).
How old are Curac’s residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Curac?
18, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Curac?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Curac?
€21,740 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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