Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Le Grand-Madieu is over 59
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 78 households in Le Grand-Madieu at the 2023 Census, home to 153 residents. Across Le Grand-Madieu, 6.2% of households are single parents. Here 3.9% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
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 Grand-Madieu
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Grand-Madieu, 22% of its 110 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Le Grand-Madieu (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 24% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Le Grand-Madieu’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 1.9%, a lower share than 99% 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
By its share of second homes (22%), Le Grand-Madieu is above 94% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car stands at 7.5%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 61% 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
In two steps, +15% to 2017 and −12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Le Grand-Madieu 59. The median compared French town: 44.
3.8% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
13% of households are couples with children, below 97% 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
Households here average 2 people each. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €21,730 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,730 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 44% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Le Grand-Madieu comes in at 37%. The usual figure: 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 higher share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns, at 24%
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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 96% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly a quarter of residents are foreign nationals.
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 65% in Le Grand-Madieu, more than in 99% 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
14% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 30% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education: 28% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 153 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Le Grand-Madieu: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Grand-Madieu | 59 | 39% | 22% | 24% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 7.8 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 8 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 11.9 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 13.3 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 14.3 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Civray 2,522 · 16 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
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 Grand-Madieu
What is the population of Le Grand-Madieu?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (150).
How old are Le Grand-Madieu’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Grand-Madieu?
24, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Grand-Madieu?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 24% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Grand-Madieu?
€21,730 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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