Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Nersac, more than in 82% of compared French towns
The median age in Nersac is 47.8, higher than in 74% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,246 residents in 1,140 households. Here, a fifth of households are couples with children. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 17% of homes are flats 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 Nersac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nersac had 2,481 residents at the 2012 census and 2,246 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Nersac: −9%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 63% 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
■ Nersac 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 41%
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 make up 9.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Nersac sits above 81% of compared French towns for empty homes (10%)
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
On second homes, 1.4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 8.5% in Nersac. At 16%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 65% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€24,570 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,570 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 16.0%.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Nersac comes in at 1.8%. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 57% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
Here, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Nersac, less than in 84% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 68% of compared French towns: 23%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,246 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Nersac, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nersac | 47.8 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 2.4 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 2.5 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 2.9 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 3.7 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 5.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 5.2 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 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 Nersac
What is the population of Nersac?
2,246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (2,481).
How old are Nersac’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nersac?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nersac?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nersac?
€24,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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