A smaller share of flats than 94% of compared French towns: 6.3%
With households in social housing at 5%, Magnac-sur-Touvre is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. Locally, 26% of residents are 65 or over. On households without a car, Magnac-sur-Touvre sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 5.6%. 3,255 residents in 1,530 households: that is Magnac-sur-Touvre at the 2023 Census.
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.
A +6% change since 2012: Magnac-sur-Touvre grew faster than 57% 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, +3% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
A median age of 47.8: Magnac-sur-Touvre is older than 74% 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
■ Magnac-sur-Touvre 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
93% of homes are houses
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
Of all households, 7.7% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Magnac-sur-Touvre sits close to the norm on second homes: 2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,480 a year in standard of living
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 Magnac-sur-Touvre is €27,480 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 7.0% of the population.
Magnac-sur-Touvre sits above 68% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (36%)
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 manual worker: 13% of the total. 10% of Magnac-sur-Touvre’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 36% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, below 79% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
Magnac-sur-Touvre ranks below 77% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
With married residents at 46%, Magnac-sur-Touvre is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 13% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 35% in Magnac-sur-Touvre and 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,225 to 3,283 people, the 15th 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.
Ormoy is the youngest (32.2); Jard-sur-Mer the oldest (68.1).
Of the 6 towns nearest Magnac-sur-Touvre, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnac-sur-Touvre | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 1.3 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 2 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 2.6 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 3.4 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 3.8 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 4 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
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 Magnac-sur-Touvre
What is the population of Magnac-sur-Touvre?
3,255 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (3,058).
How old are Magnac-sur-Touvre’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magnac-sur-Touvre?
34, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magnac-sur-Touvre?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magnac-sur-Touvre?
€27,480 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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