A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
Here 3.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The 2023 Census counted 944 residents in 370 households. The census found that 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Trois-Palis. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 24%, more than in 95% 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 Trois-Palis
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Trois-Palis has grown +7%, faster than 60% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente town +1%.
In Trois-Palis, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Trois-Palis 47.3. 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 Trois-Palis comes in at 25%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.3, older than in 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Trois-Palis ranks above 92% of compared French towns on couples with children: 35%
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. Trois-Palis has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.1%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Trois-Palis ranks below 67% of compared French towns on empty homes: 5.5%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 1.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€28,380 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,380 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.5%, a lower share than 87% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.6% in Trois-Palis and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
15% 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
55% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns
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
Graduates of higher education make up 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 944 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Trois-Palis are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trois-Palis | 47.3 | 25% | 1.3% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 2.8 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 2.8 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 3.2 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 3.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 4.5 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 5.1 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
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 Trois-Palis
What is the population of Trois-Palis?
944 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (880).
How old are Trois-Palis’ residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Trois-Palis?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Trois-Palis?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Trois-Palis?
€28,380 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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