Flats: 7.8%, a lower share than 91% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 7,539 residents and 3,480 households in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente. On the census count, 28% of residents are 65 or over. 6.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 79% 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.
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 55% 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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente town +1%.
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents
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
Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. The census found that 33% of households are one person living alone in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 11% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
9.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few second homes: 1.5% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€27,080 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,080 a year: higher than in 62% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 10.0% of residents are below the line.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 74% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 10% in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente and 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 60% 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.
Locally, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 58% 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.
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente sits below 73% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 67% 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
Adults with no qualification: 16%, below 68% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 7,418 to 7,663 people, the 14th 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.
Saint-Maixent-l'École is the youngest (35.5); Saujon the oldest (59.6).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 1.8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 1.9 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 2.2 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 2.5 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 3.2 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 3.6 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
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-Yrieix-sur-Charente
What is the population of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?
7,539 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (7,124).
How old are Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?
55, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?
INSEE counts 420 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?
€27,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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