A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
The share of one-person households is 25%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 32. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.7% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. There were 160 households in Plassac-Rouffiac at the 2023 Census, home to 371 residents.
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 Plassac-Rouffiac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plassac-Rouffiac had 404 residents at the 2012 census and 371 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Plassac-Rouffiac: −8%
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 −1% and the next six −7%.
A median age of 46.4: Plassac-Rouffiac is older than 66% 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
■ Plassac-Rouffiac 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Plassac-Rouffiac has 20%. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% locally, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in just over half of compared French towns: 25%.
Plassac-Rouffiac sits above 86% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Plassac-Rouffiac, 4.2% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,900 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.
Living standards centre on €25,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 34% in Plassac-Rouffiac and 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Plassac-Rouffiac ranks below 93% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.1%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Plassac-Rouffiac. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 71% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Plassac-Rouffiac. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (371 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Older than Plassac-Rouffiac: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plassac-Rouffiac | 46.4 | 20% | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 4.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 5.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 7.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 8.1 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 9.3 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 9.9 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
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 Plassac-Rouffiac
What is the population of Plassac-Rouffiac?
371 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (404).
How old are Plassac-Rouffiac’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plassac-Rouffiac?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plassac-Rouffiac?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plassac-Rouffiac?
€25,900 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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