Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
One-person households make up 26%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. There were 220 households in Guimps at the 2023 Census, home to 497 residents. For Guimps, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 2.4%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 7.2%, fewer than in 96% 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 Guimps
An older town
Half of Guimps’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Guimps has grown +5%, faster than 50% 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 population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
Half of Guimps is over 51.6, older than 88% 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
■ Guimps 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 7.1% in Guimps, less than in 88% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in 55% of compared French towns.
In Guimps, 1.2% of homes are flats, 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
4.8% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Census figures put empty homes at 10% in Guimps. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,680 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
In Guimps, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
24% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Typically, 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).
Guimps ranks below 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.3%
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 nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 30: 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Married people make up 51% and PACS partners 6.8%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7% are widowed. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 497 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Guimps is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guimps | 51.6 | 23% | 4.8% | 3.3% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 4.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 9.2 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 13.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 14.5 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 15.2 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 15.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
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 Guimps
What is the population of Guimps?
497 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (474).
How old are Guimps’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guimps?
12, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guimps?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guimps?
€25,680 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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