Parzac is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.7
Single-parent households: 6.2% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 143 residents in Parzac, living in 79 households. Households without a car account for 3.7%. At 44%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
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 Parzac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Parzac, 31% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Parzac’s residents are under 63.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Parzac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 26% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 31%
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
The share of empty homes trails 94% of compared French towns: 3.3%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 51% 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 Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 48%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Parzac 63.7. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 2.1% in Parzac. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
6.2% of households are couples with children, below 99% 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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Parzac has 38%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.8 people on average.
Median standard of living: €21,780 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 residents live in households above €21,780 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Parzac, 6.2%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 26%
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.
22% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Parzac, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 81% 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 single residents (22%), Parzac is below 77% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Parzac has 25%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 143 to 2,582 people
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 Parzac (63.7), the oldest.
Parzac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parzac | 63.7 | 48% | 31% | 26% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 6.8 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 8.2 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 12.8 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 13.1 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 13.5 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Brie 4,125 · 15.5 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
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 Parzac
What is the population of Parzac?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (136).
How old are Parzac’s residents?
The median age is 63.7, older than 99% of compared French towns. 5.5% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parzac?
38, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parzac?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 26% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parzac?
€21,780 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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