2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (3.8%), Échallat is below 95% of compared French towns. This Charente town is home to 480 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census. In Échallat, 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24. One-person households are rarer here than in 82% of compared French towns.
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 Échallat
An older town
Half of Échallat’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Échallat has changed by −3%, slower than 83% 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 median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −3%.
Half of Échallat is over 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Échallat 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Échallat has 27%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4.6%, a lower share than 99% 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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 25% here, more than in 51% of compared French towns.
7.2% of homes are second homes, a share 83% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes stands at 5.6%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,170 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 €25,170 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Only 28% of households are headed by a retired person in Échallat
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 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Échallat. The wider picture: 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.
In Échallat, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Échallat comes in at 47%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 65% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 62% of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (480 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Échallat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échallat | 50.9 | 27% | 7.2% | 2.9% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 4.9 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 7 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 7.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 8.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 8.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 8.7 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 Échallat
What is the population of Échallat?
480 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (497).
How old are Échallat’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Échallat?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Échallat?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Échallat?
€25,170 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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