Flats: 2.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Here 47% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. About one in five: that is how common couples with children are in Guizengeard (20%). With a median age of 48.1, Guizengeard is older than three quarters of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 166 residents here, living in 70 households.
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 Guizengeard
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Guizengeard, 16% of its 100 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 17% of homes stand empty
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Census figures put second homes at 16% in Guizengeard. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Guizengeard grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Here the change came as +11% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Charente.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guizengeard 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
At 10%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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 larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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
One-person households: 27% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
At the median, €22,860 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.
Half of Guizengeard’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,860 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Guizengeard sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Guizengeard has 3.1%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Guizengeard ranks above 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
For Guizengeard, the census puts single residents at 26%. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 12% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 166 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
Guizengeard is younger than 3 of its 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guizengeard | 48.1 | 20% | 16% | 3.1% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 11.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 12.9 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 14.4 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 17.9 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
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 Guizengeard
What is the population of Guizengeard?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (153).
How old are Guizengeard’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guizengeard?
16, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guizengeard?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guizengeard?
€22,860 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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