A lower share of households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.6% in Sireuil and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town had 1,166 residents in 530 households at the 2023 Census. Roughly three in ten: 29% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 4.5%, fewer than in 96% 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.
Since 2012, Sireuil has changed by ±0%, slower than 71% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
A median age of 47.3: Sireuil is older than 71% 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
■ Sireuil 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Sireuil, 7.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 85% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. More couples with children than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 29%. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. 30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.7% moved in within the last two years. Sireuil has more second homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 2.5%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,790 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.
At €26,790 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For Sireuil, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 32%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 5%, a lower share than 63% 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 63% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 82% 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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Sireuil and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Sireuil has 27%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,166 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Sireuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sireuil | 47.3 | 24% | 2.5% | 5% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 2.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 3.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 3.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 4.4 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 4.9 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 6.5 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 Sireuil
What is the population of Sireuil?
1,166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,169).
How old are Sireuil’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sireuil?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sireuil?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sireuil?
€26,790 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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