A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.2%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of homes are flats here. 1,195 residents in 510 households: that is Mainxe-Gondeville at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 2.9% here. At 4.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
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 Mainxe-Gondeville
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 1.9% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 79 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mainxe-Gondeville’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 83% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mainxe-Gondeville 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Mainxe-Gondeville is 42.4, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Mainxe-Gondeville ranks above 91% of compared French towns on couples with children: 34%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Mainxe-Gondeville has 1.9%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Mainxe-Gondeville, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of empty homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. 5.2% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 78% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €27,100 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.
Living standards centre on €27,100 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Mainxe-Gondeville: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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 share of households headed by a retired person stands at 32%. On average, 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).
Below 82% of compared French towns: 3% of residents are immigrants
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 just over four fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.9% 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.
In Mainxe-Gondeville, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Married residents make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns: 24%
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 share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,195 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Mainxe-Gondeville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainxe-Gondeville | 42.4 | 20% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 1.8 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 6.9 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 7.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 7.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 10.5 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 10.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
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 Mainxe-Gondeville
What is the population of Mainxe-Gondeville?
1,195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,237).
How old are Mainxe-Gondeville’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mainxe-Gondeville?
32, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mainxe-Gondeville?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mainxe-Gondeville?
€27,100 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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