4.3% of homes are flats, below 97% of compared French towns
The median age in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe is 47.9, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. 1,341 residents in 570 households: that is Saint-Amant-de-Boixe at the 2023 Census. The share of empty homes stands at 9.9%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe comes in at 28%.
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 Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe had 1,404 residents at the 2012 census and 1,341 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 86% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Amant-de-Boixe: −4%
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente town +1%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Amant-de-Boixe 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4%, against 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 94 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.
In Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, 27% of households are couples with children, more than in 59% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.6%.
Fewer households without a car than 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
6% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Here, 4% of homes are second homes.
€24,070 a year: the median standard of living
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 Saint-Amant-de-Boixe’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,070 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe ranks above 56% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 34%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 89% of compared French towns: 2.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Typically, 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 68% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 71% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,341 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Amant-de-Boixe | 47.9 | 28% | 4% | 2.3% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 2.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 6.5 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 7.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 8.3 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 8.5 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 8.9 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
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 Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
What is the population of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe?
1,341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,404).
How old are Saint-Amant-de-Boixe’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe?
26, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe?
€24,070 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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