Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Pressignac is over 58.2
0.9% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The 2023 Census put Pressignac’s population at 398, in 210 households. Households headed by a retired person come to 50% here, about five in ten. Fewer couples with children than in 86% of compared French towns: 17%.
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 Pressignac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 77 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pressignac, 24% of its 320 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Pressignac’s residents are under 58.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Pressignac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 37 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.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 24% of homes are second homes
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
3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Pressignac, the census puts households without a car at 7.2%. Empty homes are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 60% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
Pressignac: 39% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Pressignac 58.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Pressignac, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
4.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 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
The figure for one-person households is 33% in Pressignac and 35% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households here average 1.9 people each.
At the median, €20,990 a year to live on
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 €20,990 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
9.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison 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).
Pressignac: 20% of residents are immigrants, above 92% of compared French towns
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 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are foreign nationals in Pressignac. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
Here 53% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 19% in Pressignac.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 398 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Pressignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressignac | 58.2 | 39% | 24% | 20% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 4.3 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 8.5 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 13.7 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 14.1 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 15.6 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
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 Pressignac
What is the population of Pressignac?
398 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (389).
How old are Pressignac’s residents?
The median age is 58.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pressignac?
77, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pressignac?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pressignac?
€20,990 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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