A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Mouton has 41%. Meanwhile, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 223, in 100 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 40% here.
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 Mouton
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mouton, 16% of its 150 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mouton: 16% of homes are second homes, above 92% 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 without a car: 7%, below 73% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes stands at 15%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 78% 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%.
Half of Mouton is over 47.7, older than 73% 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
■ Mouton 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 72% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
€24,910 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €24,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Mouton sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (25%)
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 census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Mouton. To put it in context, 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).
Mouton: 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, above 63% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 6.4% in Mouton.
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 20% in Mouton, less 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Mouton ranks below 63% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 17%
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 (28%), Mouton is below 57% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (223 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: 4 of the 6 towns around Mouton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouton | 47.7 | 26% | 16% | 6.4% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 9.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 10 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 11.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 11.4 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 12.3 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 12.7 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
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 Mouton
What is the population of Mouton?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (228).
How old are Mouton’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouton?
24, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouton?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouton?
€24,910 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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