A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Hiersac has 19%. The share of flats stands at 12%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 78% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Hiersac was home to 1,142 people in 530 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.
Hiersac grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 66% 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
The change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 81% of compared French towns: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hiersac 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Hiersac’s residents are over 45.8, older than in 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 71% of compared French towns, at 8.7%
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, 2.1 people share a household. At 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing make up 6.3% in Hiersac, less than in 80% 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
One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households have no car. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In Hiersac, 1.5% of homes are second homes.
€25,830 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,830 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.6%, a lower share than 80% 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 retired person make up 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hiersac sits below 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.8% 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 78% 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
The share of married residents is 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
Graduates of higher education: 27%, below nearly three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,142 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 Hiersac: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiersac | 45.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 4.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 5.3 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 5.8 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 5.9 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 6 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 6.1 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
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 Hiersac
What is the population of Hiersac?
1,142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,050).
How old are Hiersac’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hiersac?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hiersac?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hiersac?
€25,830 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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