Half of Saint-Avit is over 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of homes are flats in Saint-Avit. 44% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town counted 215 residents and 100 households at the 2023 Census.
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-Avit
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Avit, 11% of its 130 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 85% 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 Saint-Avit’s residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes in Saint-Avit 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
In Saint-Avit, 6.4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 1.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Saint-Avit has grown +11%, faster 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Saint-Avit 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.6% in Saint-Avit and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 22%, a lower share than 64% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here.
Median standard of living: €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.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Saint-Avit is above two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Avit ranks above 57% of compared French towns on immigrants: 7.5%
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 make up about one in 29 here (3.5%). In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
More married residents than 87% of compared French towns: 49%
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 figure for single residents is 23% in Saint-Avit and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Avit, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Saint-Avit. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 215 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Avit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avit | 58.9 | 37% | 11% | 7.5% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 7.2 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 14.5 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 16.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 16.3 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 17.2 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
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 Saint-Avit
What is the population of Saint-Avit?
215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (193).
How old are Saint-Avit’s residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Avit?
14, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Avit?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Avit?
€24,320 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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