Only 0.2% of homes are flats in Val-d'Auge
With second homes at 10%, Val-d'Auge is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 792 residents in 360 households: that is Val-d'Auge at the 2023 Census. Across Val-d'Auge, 28% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Val-d'Auge
Empty homes
The census found 71 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Val-d'Auge behind 81% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente town +1%.
Half of Val-d'Auge is over 49.6, older than 81% 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
■ Val-d'Auge 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%, below 87% of compared French towns. On residents aged 65 and over, Val-d'Auge sits higher than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 26%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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 2.2 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 32% here, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Val-d'Auge, 26%.
Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
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
Turnover: 4.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 29% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 6.7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €24,760 a year in 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 median standard of living in Val-d'Auge is €24,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
9.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 52% 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.2% of residents in Val-d'Auge are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Here, 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Val-d'Auge ranks below 94% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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 median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 9.3%, and 6.3% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Val-d'Auge ranks below 81% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 792 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Val-d'Auge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-d'Auge | 49.6 | 26% | 10% | 6.2% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 3.2 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 11 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 11.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 14.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 14.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 15.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
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 Val-d'Auge
What is the population of Val-d'Auge?
792 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (817).
How old are Val-d'Auge’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-d'Auge?
48, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-d'Auge?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-d'Auge?
€24,760 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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