Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
4% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). At 7.2%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Pranzac’s 410 households held 872 residents at the 2023 Census. In Pranzac, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Pranzac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pranzac had 920 residents at the 2012 census and 872 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pranzac’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 89% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 50.7: Pranzac is older than 85% 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
■ Pranzac 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Pranzac has 27%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
3.7% of households are single parents, 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are couples with children in Pranzac.
Second homes make up 1.1% in Pranzac, less than in 78% 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
Some 7.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 32% who have been there 30 years or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 7.5% of the total.
Median living standard: €26,830 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 €26,830 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 retired person make up 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 55% of compared French towns: 8.7%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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 median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals: 0.7% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 91% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Pranzac comes in at 49%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns, at 15%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Pranzac, 27%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 872 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Pranzac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pranzac | 50.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 5 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 5.3 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Brie 4,125 · 5.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 7.3 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 7.6 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Pranzac
What is the population of Pranzac?
872 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (920).
How old are Pranzac’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pranzac?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pranzac?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pranzac?
€26,830 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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