A median age of 55: La Tâche is older than 94% of compared French towns
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 50% in La Tâche. Flats: 1.4% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 La Tâche
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Tâche, 18% of its 72 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Tâche’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 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
Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 40% who have been there 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In La Tâche, 13% of homes stand empty. Lower than in 80% of compared French towns: 6% of households have no car.
La Tâche’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 62% 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. Here the change came as +12% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
La Tâche sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Tâche 55. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 35%, La Tâche is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 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.
Fewer couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; La Tâche has 40%. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 50% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,320 a year
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 La Tâche’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
La Tâche: 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 88% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 12% in La Tâche, more than in 79% 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.
Here 10% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% of residents 15 and over are single
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 56%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In La Tâche, 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 90% 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
Adults with no qualification: 26%, above 83% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (105 to 2,582 people), the 6th 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.
La Tâche is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tâche | 55 | 35% | 18% | 12% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 5.4 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 9.1 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Brie 4,125 · 10.7 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 11 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 13.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 13.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
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 Tâche
What is the population of La Tâche?
105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (103).
How old are La Tâche’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Tâche?
13, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Tâche?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Tâche?
€25,320 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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