Half of Nonac is over 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker. Nonac had 266 residents in 130 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 0.6% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Nonac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Nonac had 304 residents at the 2012 census and 266 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Nonac’s residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Nonac changed by −13% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, −5%.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% 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
■ Nonac 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over 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 make up 19% in Nonac, less than in 77% 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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are one person living alone here. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up about one in 13 here (8%).
21% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 7.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 3.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. By its share of second homes (9.6%), Nonac is above 87% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,140 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 Nonac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 78% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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 higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Nonac, 8.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 47%
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 28% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 72% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Nonac has 23%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 266 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nonac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonac | 55.8 | 33% | 9.6% | 8.9% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 10.8 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 11.6 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 13.2 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 13.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 15.4 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 16.4 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 Nonac
What is the population of Nonac?
266 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (304).
How old are Nonac’s residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nonac?
17, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nonac?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nonac?
€24,140 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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