A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
One-person households: 28%, below 84% of compared French towns. Mosnac-Saint-Simeux counted 950 residents and 440 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 1.4%. With a median age of 48.5, Mosnac-Saint-Simeux is older than 77% 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 Mosnac-Saint-Simeux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mosnac-Saint-Simeux had 1,038 residents at the 2012 census and 950 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 95% of compared French towns: Mosnac-Saint-Simeux changed by −8% since 2012
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, +1% to 2017 and −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mosnac-Saint-Simeux 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Mosnac-Saint-Simeux, 26% of households are couples with children, more than in 55% 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
There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Mosnac-Saint-Simeux: 6.1% of homes are second homes, above 81% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.5%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,750 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,750 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Mosnac-Saint-Simeux, 27% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Mosnac-Saint-Simeux has fewer households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns, at 30%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.7%, a lower share than 76% 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 just over three quarters of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Mosnac-Saint-Simeux, the census puts foreign nationals at 2.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Mosnac-Saint-Simeux comes in at 45%. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 15%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (34%), Mosnac-Saint-Simeux is above 64% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (950 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Mosnac-Saint-Simeux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosnac-Saint-Simeux | 48.5 | 22% | 6.1% | 3.7% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 2.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 4.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 6.1 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 6.4 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 6.5 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 8.2 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 Mosnac-Saint-Simeux
What is the population of Mosnac-Saint-Simeux?
950 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,038).
How old are Mosnac-Saint-Simeux’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mosnac-Saint-Simeux?
31, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mosnac-Saint-Simeux?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mosnac-Saint-Simeux?
€26,750 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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