A median age of 57.7: Mazerolles is older than 97% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 3.8%, below 95% of compared French towns. Mazerolles counted 314 residents and 160 households at the 2023 Census. 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 44%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 91% 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 Mazerolles
An older town
Half of Mazerolles’ residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mazerolles had 343 residents at the 2012 census and 314 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 41 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −11%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Mazerolles, 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Mazerolles 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 35% in Mazerolles and 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Mazerolles sits below 67% of compared French towns for couples with children (22%)
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 figure for one-person households is 32% in Mazerolles and 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each. Lower than in 61% of compared French towns: 9.4% of households are single parents. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Mazerolles: 19% of homes stand empty, above 99% 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
The share of second homes is 9.1%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. About one in 21: that is how common flats are in Mazerolles (4.7%).
A median standard of living of €22,700 a year
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 €22,700 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Mazerolles comes in at 16%. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 9.3% in Mazerolles, more than in 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants in Mazerolles. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 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.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Mazerolles has 18%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Mazerolles has 22%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Mazerolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazerolles | 57.7 | 35% | 9.1% | 9.3% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 6.7 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 6.7 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 10 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Brie 4,125 · 12.4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 14.7 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 15 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
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 Mazerolles
What is the population of Mazerolles?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (343).
How old are Mazerolles’ residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mazerolles?
20, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mazerolles?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.3% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (9.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mazerolles?
€22,700 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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