A median age of 59.5: Rouffiac is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Rouffiac’s population at 117, in 60 households. Across Rouffiac, 45% of households are headed by a retired person. 5.2% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
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 Rouffiac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rouffiac, 18% of its 75 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Rouffiac’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes stands at 2.8%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 80% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, −4%.
Rouffiac sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (39%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouffiac 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Rouffiac is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 18% in Rouffiac, less than in 81% 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 typical household size is 2 people. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Rouffiac (36%). Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 75% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
9.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 81% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 9.6% of residents are immigrants here. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
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
The share of married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Rouffiac sits below 79% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Rouffiac. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (117 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Rouffiac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouffiac | 59.5 | 39% | 18% | 9.6% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 9.1 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 12.1 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 17.7 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 18 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
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 Rouffiac
What is the population of Rouffiac?
117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (120).
How old are Rouffiac’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouffiac?
14, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouffiac?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (9.6%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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