Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Vibrac had 307 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Single-parent households: 6.3% of the total. Households without a car are rarer here than in 98% 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 Vibrac
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.
Vibrac’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then +7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Vibrac is over 49.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vibrac 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 27%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Vibrac sits above 56% of compared French towns for one-person households (37%)
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
On average, 2 people share a household. Few places have so few couples with children: 25% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 85% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Vibrac, 12% of homes stand empty.
Half above, half below €26,710 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 Vibrac is €26,710 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
49% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 79% of compared French towns: 9.5%. The wider picture: 32% 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).
Vibrac ranks below 90% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.3%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of residents are immigrants here. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 81% of compared French towns: 38%
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 single residents is 25%; Vibrac has 24%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Vibrac sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Vibrac and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 14th 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).
Around Vibrac, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vibrac | 49.7 | 27% | 7.8% | 2.9% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 3.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 6.1 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 6.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 7.6 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 8.1 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 8.1 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
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 Vibrac
What is the population of Vibrac?
307 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (306).
How old are Vibrac’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vibrac?
14, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vibrac?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vibrac?
€26,710 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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