Only 1.7% of homes are flats in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Saint-Germain-de-Montbron, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 500, in 240 households. Here 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 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 Saint-Germain-de-Montbron
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron, 13% of its 300 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Saint-Germain-de-Montbron, 13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 30% have lived in their home 30 years or more. On households without a car, Saint-Germain-de-Montbron sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 7.6%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 8% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
Saint-Germain-de-Montbron changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente town +1%.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 66% 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-Germain-de-Montbron 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron is 45.9, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 70% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Saint-Germain-de-Montbron has 27%. Lower than in 76% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are single parents. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
The median resident lives on €23,970 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €23,970 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 29%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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 four fifths of compared French towns. The census found that 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron. The wider picture: 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.
A lower share of single residents than 75% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron, less 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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 500 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Saint-Germain-de-Montbron are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-de-Montbron | 45.9 | 25% | 13% | 3.2% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 7.7 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 8.6 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 9.6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Brie 4,125 · 9.8 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 10.6 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 10.6 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
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-Germain-de-Montbron
What is the population of Saint-Germain-de-Montbron?
500 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (505).
How old are Saint-Germain-de-Montbron’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron?
40, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Germain-de-Montbron?
€23,970 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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