A median age of 62.1: Lichères is older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Lichères, 56%. On the census count, 4.5% of homes stand empty. Fewer households without a car than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.2%.
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 Lichères
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lichères, 21% of its 66 homes: higher than in 93% 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 Lichères’ residents are under 62.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lichères, 21% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
4.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town.
+8% since 2012, a pace 62% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −5%, then +14% to 2023.
Lichères: 44% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Lichères 62.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Lichères comes in at 7.1%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Lichères sits below 59% of compared French towns for one-person households (33%)
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people. 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Lichères.
Lichères ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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. Measured more widely, 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 foreign nationals than 75% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. That is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. As a yardstick, 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.
In Lichères, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 80% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Adults with no qualification make up 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 99 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Lichères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichères | 62.1 | 44% | 21% | 9.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 8.6 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 10.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 12.4 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 12.4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 13.3 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 13.9 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
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 Lichères
What is the population of Lichères?
99 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (92).
How old are Lichères’ residents?
The median age is 62.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lichères?
14, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lichères?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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