Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of households have no car here. There were 350 households in Torsac at the 2023 Census, home to 740 residents. Roughly three in ten: 29% of households are one person living alone. At 7.9%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 93% 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.
What stands out about the people of Torsac
An older town
Half of Torsac’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Torsac had 779 residents at the 2012 census and 740 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 88% of compared French towns: Torsac changed by −5% since 2012
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 −4%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Torsac is over 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Torsac 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5.7% in Torsac, less than in 97% 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
23% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 5.7% are single parents with their children (10%). On average, 2.1 people share a household.
98% of homes are houses
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Turnover: 6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 33% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €28,010 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 €28,010 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 78% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 13%, Torsac is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. At 33%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.9% in Torsac. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 85% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Torsac. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Torsac ranks below 74% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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 Torsac, 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (740 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Torsac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torsac | 50.7 | 27% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 5.2 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 5.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 5.9 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 6.5 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 6.7 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 6.8 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
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 Torsac
What is the population of Torsac?
740 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (779).
How old are Torsac’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Torsac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Torsac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Torsac?
€28,010 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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