A median age of 61.5: Le Bouchage is older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 56% in Le Bouchage and 32% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, fewer households without a car than in 65% of compared French towns: 8.2%. There were 85 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 175 residents. 10% more people than in 2012.
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 Le Bouchage
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Bouchage, 16% of its 130 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Le Bouchage’s residents are under 61.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Le Bouchage (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Le Bouchage comes in at 16%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: Le Bouchage changed by +10% since 2012
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%.
43% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bouchage 61.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Le Bouchage, 5.2%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Le Bouchage has 11%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Le Bouchage (33%).
A median of €21,380 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 €21,380 a year: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 5.6%, a lower share than 95% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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.
With foreign nationals at 20%, Le Bouchage is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 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.
Le Bouchage sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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 single residents is 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 63% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Le Bouchage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bouchage | 61.5 | 43% | 16% | 22% |
| Civray 2,522 · 7.7 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 8.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 14.2 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 15.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 16 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
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 Le Bouchage
What is the population of Le Bouchage?
175 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Le Bouchage’s residents?
The median age is 61.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bouchage?
21, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bouchage?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bouchage?
€21,380 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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