A median age of 58: Orival is older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 50% of households are headed by a retired person. Orival is home to 149 residents in 74 households, by the 2023 Census. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of households have no car 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 Orival
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Orival, 23% of its 110 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Orival’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes are second homes, a share 94% 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
Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%.
Orival’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 84% 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%.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% 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
■ Orival 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Orival comes in at 33%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
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. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,720 a year per consumption unit
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.
The median standard of living in Orival is €25,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (10%), Orival is above 82% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Orival sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (61%)
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Orival. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Orival ranks below 98% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 14%
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 Orival, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (149 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Orival 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orival | 58 | 33% | 23% | 13% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 9.7 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 13.6 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 17 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
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 Orival
What is the population of Orival?
149 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (155).
How old are Orival’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Orival?
24, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Orival?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Orival?
€25,720 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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