In Gurat, 2.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Census day 2023: 186 residents and 91 households in Gurat. Across Gurat, 29% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.8%, fewer than in 68% 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 Gurat
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gurat, 13% of its 130 homes: higher than in 90% 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 24 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Gurat’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gurat sits above 98% of compared French towns for empty homes (18%)
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 13%.
+2% since 2012: slower than 61% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
Gurat: 37% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% 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
■ Gurat 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 52.5, Gurat is older than 90% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Gurat, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.7%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 59% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
€22,860 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €22,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 86% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Gurat, 6.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 67% 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 immigrants stands at 7.1%. That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 65% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Census figures put single residents at 26% in Gurat. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 28%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 186 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gurat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurat | 52.5 | 37% | 13% | 7.1% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 13.4 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 14.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 15 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 15.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 15.8 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 15.9 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
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 Gurat
What is the population of Gurat?
186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (182).
How old are Gurat’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gurat?
17, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gurat?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gurat?
€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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