Only 0.2% of homes are flats in Garat
The figure for one-person households is 22% in Garat and 35% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 2,105 residents and 900 households at the 2023 Census. 2.7% of households have no car, or about one in 37. The median age locally is 47.7, higher than in 73% 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.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 65% 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Garat sits below 85% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Garat 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Garat.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Garat ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.5%
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
The average household has 2.4 people. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 31% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 81% of compared French towns.
In Garat, 0.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer 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
Empty homes: 8.1%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. 2.6% of homes are second homes, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €28,760 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €28,760 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 78% of compared French towns: 16%
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 manual worker make up 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.3% in Garat, less than in 79% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married and 9.7% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 4.9% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Garat. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,105 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Garat: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garat | 47.7 | 24% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 2.9 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 3.6 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 4.1 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 4.3 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 5.3 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 5.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
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 Garat
What is the population of Garat?
2,105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,937).
How old are Garat’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Garat?
26, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Garat?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Garat?
€28,760 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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