In Taizé-Aizie, 1.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Single-parent households make up 14%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.7% in Taizé-Aizie. On households headed by a retired person, Taizé-Aizie sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 28%. The town had 593 residents in 270 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Taizé-Aizie
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taizé-Aizie, 12% of its 330 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 Taizé-Aizie’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Taizé-Aizie sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.4%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.7% (under two years). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 12%, more than in 89% of compared French towns. There is little gap on empty homes: 7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 66% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, +3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
A median age of 51.4: Taizé-Aizie is older than 87% 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
■ Taizé-Aizie 51.4. 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 Taizé-Aizie comes in at 30%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Taizé-Aizie ranks below 91% of compared French towns on one-person households: 26%
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Taizé-Aizie, 24%. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
A median of €24,150 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,150 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
32% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Taizé-Aizie, 6.8% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 68% 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.
By its share of immigrants (8.3%), Taizé-Aizie is above 62% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 52%, above 97% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Taizé-Aizie ranks below 75% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 593 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
Nearby, 2 of 3 towns have older populations than Taizé-Aizie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taizé-Aizie | 51.4 | 30% | 12% | 8.3% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 3.2 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Civray 2,522 · 6.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 17.4 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
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 Taizé-Aizie
What is the population of Taizé-Aizie?
593 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (587).
How old are Taizé-Aizie’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taizé-Aizie?
39, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taizé-Aizie?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Taizé-Aizie?
€24,150 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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