Half of Édon is over 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 272 residents in 140 households: that is Édon at the 2023 Census. Locally, 52% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households in social housing is 0.7%, against 12% in the typical compared French 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 Édon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Édon, 21% of its 190 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Édon’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 21%, a higher share than 93% 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
Households without a car make up 5.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Across Édon, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
Édon grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 52% 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 change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Édon 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are couples with children in Édon
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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Édon has 7.5%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Here, two in five households are one person living alone.
At the median, €22,830 a year to live on
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 €22,830 a year: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Above 57% of compared French towns: 15% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are immigrants, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 12%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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, 50% of residents 15 and over are married here. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 66% of compared French towns: 22%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 272 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Édon is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Édon | 53.2 | 30% | 21% | 13% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 13.4 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 13.4 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 14.3 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 14.6 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 14.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 14.8 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 Édon
What is the population of Édon?
272 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (258).
How old are Édon’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Édon?
39, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Édon?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Édon?
€22,830 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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