Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.3%
In Suaux, 26% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 9.6% of homes are second homes. At the 2023 Census, 378 people lived locally, in 170 households. Here, 5.8% of households have no car.
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 Suaux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Suaux had 409 residents at the 2012 census and 378 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Suaux’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 94% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Suaux 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Suaux. The median age here is 47.2, higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 26% in Suaux, less than in 92% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents here. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here, 29% of households are couples with children.
Suaux sits above 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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
By its share of households in social housing (2.9%), Suaux is below 94% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%.
Half above, half below €23,210 a year in 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,210 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Suaux, 34%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Suaux ranks above 78% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 9%
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Suaux comes in at 9%. That is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Suaux
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Suaux ranks below 69% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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 are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 378 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Suaux, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suaux | 47.2 | 25% | 9.6% | 9% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 3.4 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 4.2 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 9.9 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 13.9 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Brie 4,125 · 14.5 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 15.6 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
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 Suaux
What is the population of Suaux?
378 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (409).
How old are Suaux’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Suaux?
22, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Suaux?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Suaux?
€23,210 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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