Flats: 1.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.6% of households are single parents. Second homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Vaux-Rouillac’s population at 294, in 140 households.
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 Vaux-Rouillac
An older town
Half of Vaux-Rouillac’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vaux-Rouillac changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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 population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
Vaux-Rouillac is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vaux-Rouillac 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 31% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, below 64% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns.
Vaux-Rouillac ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.2%
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
30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.8% moved in within the last two years. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€27,310 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 median standard of living in Vaux-Rouillac is €27,310 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Vaux-Rouillac sits above 84% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (18%)
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Vaux-Rouillac comes in at 18%. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 36%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vaux-Rouillac ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.1%
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 lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Here, 4.4% of residents are foreign nationals. As a reference point, 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.
Vaux-Rouillac 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
The share of married residents tops 63% of compared French towns: 45%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 26%
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
On the census count, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Vaux-Rouillac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaux-Rouillac | 51.2 | 31% | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 3.6 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 5.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 10.1 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 10.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 10.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 11.4 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 Vaux-Rouillac
What is the population of Vaux-Rouillac?
294 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Vaux-Rouillac’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaux-Rouillac?
12, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaux-Rouillac?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaux-Rouillac?
€27,310 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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