La Magdeleine is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.8
In La Magdeleine, 14% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 118 residents in 57 households: that is La Magdeleine at the 2023 Census. Couples with children come to 18% in the town, about two in ten.
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 La Magdeleine
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Magdeleine, 22% of its 88 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in La Magdeleine (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 26% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 26% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Magdeleine had 134 residents at the 2012 census and 118 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of La Magdeleine’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Magdeleine ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 22%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. With households without a car at 8.8%, La Magdeleine is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count.
La Magdeleine’s population moved −12% on 2012, less than in 98% 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
Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −15%, then +4% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Magdeleine 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In La Magdeleine, 33% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
One-person households make up 27% in La Magdeleine, 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 single-parent households, 9.1% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
€23,460 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.
The median standard of living in La Magdeleine is €23,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
La Magdeleine sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (55%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, La Magdeleine is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 11.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Magdeleine ranks above 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 26%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in La Magdeleine, 26%. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 97% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
La Magdeleine sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (11%)
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 residents make up 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Adults with no qualification: 23%, above 70% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (118 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 3 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than La Magdeleine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 La Magdeleine
What is the population of La Magdeleine?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (134).
How old are La Magdeleine’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Magdeleine?
19, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Magdeleine?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 26% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (26%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Magdeleine?
€23,460 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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