Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.5% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 7%, more than in 83% of compared French towns. Genac-Bignac had 974 residents in 440 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Genac-Bignac
Empty homes
The census found 83 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 75% of compared French towns: Genac-Bignac changed by −1% since 2012
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
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% in Genac-Bignac, less than in 89% 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
■ Genac-Bignac 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Genac-Bignac’s residents are over 48, older than in 74% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (25%). Measured more widely, 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%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Single-parent households: 9.1%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Genac-Bignac sits lower than 63% of compared French towns: 22%. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Genac-Bignac sits above 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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 the median compared French town, 11% of households have no car; here, one in 15. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,390 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 €25,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 22% in Genac-Bignac, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Genac-Bignac, 37%. On average, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns, at 4%
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 lower than in 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 31.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Genac-Bignac: 44% of residents 15 and over are married, above 59% 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
Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 61% of compared French towns: 27% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (17%), Genac-Bignac is below 64% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 974 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 Genac-Bignac: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genac-Bignac | 48 | 25% | 7% | 4% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 4.6 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 5.2 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 9.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 9.8 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 10.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 10.8 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 Genac-Bignac
What is the population of Genac-Bignac?
974 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (986).
How old are Genac-Bignac’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genac-Bignac?
39, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genac-Bignac?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genac-Bignac?
€25,390 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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