Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Theil-Rabier is over 57.6
The share of couples with children is 5.9%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Theil-Rabier has more households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns, at 47%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 164, in 80 households. Locally, 6.3% 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 Theil-Rabier
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Theil-Rabier, 23% of its 130 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Theil-Rabier’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
23% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). On the census count, 13% of homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+3% since 2012: slower than 57% 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 those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then −4% to 2023.
36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% 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
■ Theil-Rabier 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 18% of households are single parents
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
One-person households: 29%, below 79% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
€26,140 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €26,140 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 77% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
Foreign nationals make up 13% in Theil-Rabier, more than in 89% 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 higher than in 80% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Theil-Rabier.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Theil-Rabier sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Theil-Rabier, 52%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Theil-Rabier ranks below 91% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 164 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
Theil-Rabier sits below 1 of its 3 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Theil-Rabier
What is the population of Theil-Rabier?
164 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Theil-Rabier’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Theil-Rabier?
29, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Theil-Rabier?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Theil-Rabier?
€26,140 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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