Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Souffrignac is over 53.5
Flats: 1.2% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Souffrignac had 150 residents in 71 households at the 2023 census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.2%.
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 Souffrignac
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Souffrignac, 11% of its 87 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Souffrignac’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Just over a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 17% moved in within the last two years. Few places have as many empty homes: 6.9% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 78% 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 −12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Souffrignac 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 32%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Souffrignac ranks below 93% of compared French towns on couples with children: 14%
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
By its share of one-person households (29%), Souffrignac is below 83% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Median standard of living: €25,050 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,050 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. The census found that 21% of households are headed by a manual worker in Souffrignac.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Souffrignac: 11% of residents are foreign nationals, above 85% 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.
Here 12% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 78% 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Souffrignac. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 150 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Souffrignac is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souffrignac | 53.5 | 32% | 11% | 12% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 8.9 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 11.8 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 13.8 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 14.9 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Brie 4,125 · 15 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 15.6 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 Souffrignac
What is the population of Souffrignac?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (153).
How old are Souffrignac’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Souffrignac?
10, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Souffrignac?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Souffrignac?
€25,050 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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