Flats: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In Verrières, 6.9% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 310, in 150 households. Locally, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24. At 14%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in 72% 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 Verrières
Fewer residents than in 2012
Verrières had 343 residents at the 2012 census and 310 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Verrières has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then −12% to 2023. Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Verrières is over 50.2, older than 84% 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
■ Verrières 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Verrières has 26%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Verrières
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 2.1 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
A higher share of empty homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
By its share of second homes (6.2%), Verrières is above 81% of compared French towns. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Median standard of living: €28,740 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.
Living standards centre on €28,740 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Verrières sits above 70% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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
31% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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).
Verrières ranks below 68% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.5%
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 68% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Verrières, 3.9% 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.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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 typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Verrières has 49%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
30% of adults hold a diploma above the bac
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
Lower than in just over half of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Fewer graduates of higher education than in 50% of compared French towns: 30%.
41 French towns of 310 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Verrières sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verrières | 50.2 | 26% | 6.2% | 4.5% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 8.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 8.4 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 9.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 9.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 10.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 11.6 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
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 Verrières
What is the population of Verrières?
310 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (343).
How old are Verrières’ residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verrières?
11, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verrières?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verrières?
€28,740 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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