A median age of 52.8: Linars is older than 90% of compared French towns
In Linars, 2.5% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. At 7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 2,115 residents and 1,010 households here. The share of households without a car stands at 6.4%.
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 Linars
An older town
Half of Linars’ residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 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, ±0% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, a higher share than 92% 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
■ Linars 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
In Linars, 19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 77% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in 77% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households trails 65% of compared French towns: 32%.
Only 1% of homes are second homes in Linars
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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.1% of homes stand empty in Linars.
At the median, €26,770 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.
Half of Linars’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,770 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 7.0%.
Households headed by a retired person: 45%, a higher share than 93% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 11% in Linars and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 68% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.2%, a lower share than 80% 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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. The census found that 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Linars. By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Linars, less than in 88% 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
Married residents: 49% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 17%, a lower share than 62% of compared French towns
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
The census found that 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Linars. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,115 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Linars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linars | 52.8 | 34% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 1.3 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 1.6 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 2.8 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 3.2 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 3.7 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 4.4 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
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 Linars
What is the population of Linars?
2,115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,073).
How old are Linars’ residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Linars?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Linars?
INSEE counts 68 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Linars?
€26,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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