Lessac is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
By its share of households without a car (4.4%), Lessac is below 92% of compared French towns. This Charente town had 549 residents in 260 households at the 2023 Census. 1.1% of homes are flats. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.6% of households are single parents.
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 Lessac
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lessac, 12% of its 340 homes: higher than in 89% 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 Lessac’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (12%): 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 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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 nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−3% since 2012: slower than 81% 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%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 7.1% 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
■ Lessac 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 31%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 17%, a lower share than 85% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone in Lessac. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
At the median, €22,640 a year to live on
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 Lessac is €22,640 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Lessac comes in at 19%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 5.5%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lessac, 10% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 83% 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 11% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is higher than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 92% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 27%
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
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 549 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Lessac is younger than 2 of its 3 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lessac | 53.3 | 31% | 12% | 11% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 3.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 13.3 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 16.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
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 Lessac
What is the population of Lessac?
549 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (566).
How old are Lessac’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lessac?
40, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lessac?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lessac?
€22,640 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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