A median age of 59.4: Tusson is older than 98% of compared French towns
With couples with children at 7.6%, Tusson is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. This Charente town has fewer flats than 96% of compared French towns, at 4.9%. The 2023 Census counted 240 residents in 130 households. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 26 here (3.8%).
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 Tusson
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tusson, 10% of its 190 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 79% 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 Tusson’s residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Tusson sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (18%)
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
The share of second homes is 10%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. 15% of households arrived within the last two years, while 38% have stayed 30 years or more. Tusson has fewer households without a car than 59% of compared French towns, at 9.1%.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 68% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
Tusson: 40% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Tusson 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Tusson has 8.7%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Tusson has 46%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. A household here holds 1.8 people on average.
A median standard of living of €24,190 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,190 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
50% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Tusson has 19%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Tusson, 8.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 76% 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 share of immigrants tops 62% of compared French towns: 8.3%. To put it in context, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 69% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
The share of single residents is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 92% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (27%), Tusson is above 85% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 240 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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).
Tusson is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tusson | 59.4 | 40% | 10% | 8.3% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 9 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 11.8 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 12.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 16.6 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 17.1 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
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 Tusson
What is the population of Tusson?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (239).
How old are Tusson’s residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tusson?
19, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tusson?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tusson?
€24,190 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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