A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 3%
Households in social housing: 2.3%, below 96% of compared French towns. There were 130 households in Saint-Preuil at the 2023 Census, home to 306 residents. Census figures put one-person households at 26% here. Flats are rarer here than in 98% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Preuil
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 3.7% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 65% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Saint-Preuil is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Preuil 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.8% in Saint-Preuil. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
3.7% of households are single parents, below 99% 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 average 2.3 people. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 88% of compared French towns: 33%.
A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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 the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Saint-Preuil, 4.8%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,020 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 €27,020 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Preuil, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Saint-Preuil has 11%. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.9% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Preuil
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Preuil. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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
In Saint-Preuil, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Saint-Preuil ranks below 73% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
Graduates of higher education account for 29%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 306 to 2,582 people
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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Saint-Preuil 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-Preuil | 48.3 | 22% | 4.8% | 2.9% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 5.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 5.9 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 8.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 8.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 9.9 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 10.6 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
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-Preuil
What is the population of Saint-Preuil?
306 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (282).
How old are Saint-Preuil’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Preuil?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Preuil?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Preuil?
€27,020 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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