Only 2.2% of homes are flats in Dignac
Here 5.3% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Second homes are more common here than in 78% of compared French towns. There were 620 households in Dignac at the 2023 Census, home to 1,362 residents. Locally, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Dignac changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
Dignac is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dignac 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 73% of compared French towns: 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
In Dignac, 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 63% 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 Dignac, 23% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 59% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Dignac ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 4.2%
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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. Against that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 8.6% in Dignac.
Half above, half below €25,490 a year in standard of living
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 €25,490 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 41% of households are headed by a retired person
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
7.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 11%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.9%, a lower share than 83% 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: 2.6%, below 71% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Dignac ranks below 68% of compared French towns on married residents: 40%
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
Census figures put single residents at 24% in Dignac. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Dignac
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
Lower than in just over half of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,362 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Dignac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dignac | 46.6 | 26% | 5.2% | 2.9% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 7.7 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 7.8 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 8.6 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 8.9 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 9.1 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 9.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
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 Dignac
What is the population of Dignac?
1,362 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,309).
How old are Dignac’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dignac?
37, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dignac?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dignac?
€25,490 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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