A median age of 53.1: Salles-Lavalette is older than 91% of compared French towns
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 3.1% in Salles-Lavalette. At the 2023 Census Salles-Lavalette was home to 317 people in 160 households. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 31% locally. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Salles-Lavalette
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salles-Lavalette, 26% of its 270 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Salles-Lavalette had 368 residents at the 2012 census and 317 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Salles-Lavalette’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Salles-Lavalette (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 1.4% of homes are flats in Salles-Lavalette
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
Here 5.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 26% of the total. Salles-Lavalette has more empty homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 15%.
Salles-Lavalette’s population moved −14% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salles-Lavalette 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Salles-Lavalette comes in at 29%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Each household has 2 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 37%, more than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
Standard of living at the median: €23,280 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 €23,280 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.2% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Salles-Lavalette has 28%. Set beside that, 9.4% of 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).
16% of residents are immigrants, more than in 86% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 15% of residents are foreign nationals in Salles-Lavalette. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Salles-Lavalette ranks below 58% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 317 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Among its 3 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Salles-Lavalette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-Lavalette | 53.1 | 29% | 26% | 16% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 10.9 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 16.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 16.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 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 Salles-Lavalette
What is the population of Salles-Lavalette?
317 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (368).
How old are Salles-Lavalette’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salles-Lavalette?
69, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salles-Lavalette?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salles-Lavalette?
€23,280 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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