Below 96% of compared French towns: 3.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
Households in social housing: 2.9% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Rouillac’s 1,330 households held 2,919 residents at the 2023 Census. For Rouillac, the census puts flats at 8.8%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 85% 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.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 66% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then −2% to 2023.
Rouillac is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouillac 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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 smaller share of couples with children than 73% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Here nearly one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.1 people. One-person households are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns.
5.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 79% 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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten homes stand empty in Rouillac. Fewer households without a car than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 8.8%.
A median standard of living of €24,320 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.
Living standards centre on €24,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 15.0%.
In Rouillac, 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 85% 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
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 85% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Rouillac
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
Compared with other places, married residents are scarce here: 42%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification in Rouillac. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,893 to 2,943 people, the 12th 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 Avord (32.5), the youngest, and Lalinde (58.7), the oldest.
Rouillac sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouillac | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 9 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 9.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 11.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 12.3 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 13.1 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 13.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
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 Rouillac
What is the population of Rouillac?
2,919 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,893).
How old are Rouillac’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouillac?
90, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouillac?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouillac?
€24,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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