Puymoyen is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.7
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 46% of households are headed by a retired person here. Puymoyen’s 1,130 households held 2,403 residents at the 2023 Census. 2.7% of homes are flats, or about one in 37. Fewer households in social housing than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.2%.
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 Puymoyen
An older town
Half of Puymoyen’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Puymoyen has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Puymoyen 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a third of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
A lower share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 typical household size is 2.1 people. 20% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Across Puymoyen, nearly one in ten households are single parents.
Puymoyen sits below 95% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.9%)
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 that moved in under two years ago: 9.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 34%. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 4.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. Puymoyen sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €31,390 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.
The median standard of living in Puymoyen is €31,390 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 5.0%.
Only 4.4% of households are headed by a manual worker in Puymoyen
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, Puymoyen has 13%. Against that, 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).
Foreign nationals: 1.7%, a lower share than 83% 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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Puymoyen, 14% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
In Puymoyen, nearly three in five residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 42%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,403 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Puymoyen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puymoyen | 56.7 | 35% | 1.2% | 4.4% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 2 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 2.2 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 3.2 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 3.5 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 3.5 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 3.9 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
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 Puymoyen
What is the population of Puymoyen?
2,403 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,427).
How old are Puymoyen’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puymoyen?
14, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puymoyen?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puymoyen?
€31,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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