Half of Poursac is over 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns
5.3% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). There were 99 households in Poursac at the 2023 Census, home to 185 residents. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 53% locally. Empty homes are more common here than in 73% 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 Poursac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Poursac, 27% of its 160 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 Poursac’s residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Poursac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% 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.
A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Poursac has 8.1%. 31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.1% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Poursac changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 78% 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
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and −9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Poursac sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Poursac 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Poursac has 6.5%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
One-person households make up 37% in Poursac, more than in 58% 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
The average household has 1.9 people. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€23,970 a year: the median standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,970 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Poursac has 5.3%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 23%
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.
The share of foreign nationals tops 97% of compared French towns: 22%. 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.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
Single residents: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Poursac sits above 80% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (26%)
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
Graduates of higher education make up 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Poursac: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poursac | 58.9 | 37% | 27% | 23% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 5.5 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Civray 2,522 · 12.9 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 13.1 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 15.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 16.1 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 16.5 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
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 Poursac
What is the population of Poursac?
185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (189).
How old are Poursac’s residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poursac?
42, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poursac?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Poursac?
€23,970 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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