A median age of 56.7: Mouzon is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Mouzon counted 142 residents and 71 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 2.7% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Mouzon has 0.8%.
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 Mouzon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mouzon, 19% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Mouzon’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Mouzon (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 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.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 19% of homes are second homes in Mouzon. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
Mouzon grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 61% 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, −1% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Only 4.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Mouzon
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mouzon 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. 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%.
Couples with children: 21%, a lower share than 68% 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. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Mouzon, 36% of households are one person living alone. The typical household size is 2 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,430 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.
Half of Mouzon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,430 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
In Mouzon, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 74% 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
29% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mouzon, 17% of residents are immigrants, more than in 89% 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 higher than in 89% of compared French towns. Locally, 16% of residents are foreign nationals. Typically, 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.
In Mouzon, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of married residents (48%), Mouzon is above 85% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Mouzon ranks below 96% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
In Mouzon, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 142 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Mouzon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouzon | 56.7 | 34% | 19% | 17% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 5.9 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 8.2 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 10.7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 12 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 15.3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 15.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 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 Mouzon
What is the population of Mouzon?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (132).
How old are Mouzon’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouzon?
22, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouzon?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouzon?
€22,430 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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