Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of L'Isle-d'Espagnac is over 49.7
Couples with children: 19%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 5,682 residents in L'Isle-d'Espagnac, living in 2,700 households. Households headed by a retired person: 37% of the total. On flats, L'Isle-d'Espagnac sits lower than 63% of compared French towns: 22%.
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.
L'Isle-d'Espagnac grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 63% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Charente.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% 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
■ L'Isle-d'Espagnac 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 42% of households are one person living alone
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
Households here average 2 people each. Few places have as many single-parent households: 12% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
L'Isle-d'Espagnac sits below 85% of compared French towns for second homes (0.9%)
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
16% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.7% of homes stand empty in L'Isle-d'Espagnac. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
€25,300 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,300 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 14.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 8% in L'Isle-d'Espagnac, less than in 60% 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 manual worker make up about one in eight here (13%). 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).
Immigrants make up 6.3% of L'Isle-d'Espagnac’s residents
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of residents are immigrants. At 4.1%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
Married residents make up 40% in L'Isle-d'Espagnac, less than in 70% 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
For L'Isle-d'Espagnac, the census puts single residents at 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 22% in L'Isle-d'Espagnac, more than in 66% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, L'Isle-d'Espagnac has 26%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 35.2 in Valdahon to 57.6 in Cancale.
Every neighbor is younger than L'Isle-d'Espagnac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 1.3 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 1.6 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 1.8 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 2 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 2.1 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 3.2 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 L'Isle-d'Espagnac
What is the population of L'Isle-d'Espagnac?
5,682 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (5,267).
How old are L'Isle-d'Espagnac’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Isle-d'Espagnac?
26, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Isle-d'Espagnac?
INSEE counts 360 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Isle-d'Espagnac?
€25,300 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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