Nercillac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2%
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Nercillac comes in at 4.1%. Single-parent households account for 6.2%. The town has fewer households without a car than 87% of compared French towns, at 5.2%. Census day 2023: 1,051 residents and 480 households 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 Nercillac
An older town
Half of Nercillac’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nercillac changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 67% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente town +1%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
In Nercillac, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Nercillac 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 50.9, Nercillac is older than 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 28%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 30% in Nercillac, less than in 75% 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 are 2.2 people in the average household. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in 52% of compared French towns: 25%.
Empty homes: 8.6%, a higher share than 69% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 3.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 33%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €27,350 a year to live on
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 €27,350 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
4.1% of Nercillac’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Nercillac has 1.9%. On average, 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents tops 91% of compared French towns: 50%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 77% of compared French towns
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,051 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Nercillac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nercillac | 50.9 | 28% | 3% | 3.1% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 3.9 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 4.7 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 5.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 10.4 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 13.1 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
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 Nercillac
What is the population of Nercillac?
1,051 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,045).
How old are Nercillac’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nercillac?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nercillac?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nercillac?
€27,350 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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