Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Laprade is over 56.2
Flats: 1.7% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 248 people lived in Laprade, in 120 households. 16% of households are couples with children, or about one in six. Households headed by a manager or professional 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 Laprade
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laprade, 26% of its 180 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Laprade’s residents are under 56.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Laprade (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
26% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Laprade, 1.6%. Households without a car account for 3.5%. Empty homes are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+6% since 2012, a pace 55% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Laprade 56.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Laprade is above 85% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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 one-person households than 75% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
The figure for single-parent households is 12% in Laprade and 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
The median resident lives on €23,600 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,600 a year: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 77% of compared French towns: 38%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 20%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents are foreign nationals in Laprade. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Laprade ranks below 91% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married in Laprade. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Laprade
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
More adults with no qualification than in 55% of compared French towns: 20%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 248 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 of 2 neighbors are older than Laprade
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laprade | 56.2 | 30% | 26% | 20% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 7.7 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 12.5 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
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 Laprade
What is the population of Laprade?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (234).
How old are Laprade’s residents?
The median age is 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laprade?
46, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laprade?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laprade?
€23,600 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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