11% of households are headed by a retired person, below 99% of compared French towns
Half of Poullignac’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in three quarters of compared French towns. Its 47 households held 107 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 44% of households are one person living alone in the town. The figure for flats is 1.6% in Poullignac 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 Poullignac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Poullignac, 14% of its 65 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Poullignac had 77 residents at the 2012 census and 107 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Poullignac, 14% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% of compared French towns
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 15% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Poullignac.
A growing town: +39% since 2012, faster than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +13%; from 2017 to 2023, +23%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Poullignac 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in five: 22% of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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
Households average 2.3 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 33% in Poullignac, more than in 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (11%), Poullignac is above three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
More foreign nationals than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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 76% 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. The share of immigrants stands at 11%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Poullignac sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (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
37% of residents 15 and over are married and 4.9% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 9.9% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
28% of Poullignac’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 22% have no diploma (19%).
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 107 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Poullignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poullignac | 40.8 | 22% | 14% | 11% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 8.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 13.6 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 13.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 15.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 17.5 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 17.9 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
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 Poullignac
What is the population of Poullignac?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (77).
How old are Poullignac’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poullignac?
9, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poullignac?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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