Flats make up 3.2% in Villejoubert, less than in 98% of compared French towns
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 3% in Villejoubert. At 8.1%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. This Charente town counted 381 residents and 170 households at the 2023 Census. The share of couples with children stands at 30%.
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.
Villejoubert grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 76% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +15%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
Villejoubert is younger than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villejoubert 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Villejoubert
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 2.3 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.1% here, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
5.3% of households have no car, below 86% 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
Here 8% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 1.6% of homes are second homes, or about one in 63. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,050 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,050 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of residents 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.
In Villejoubert, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Villejoubert ranks below 98% of compared French towns on 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Villejoubert sits below 86% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
Here a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 381 to 2,582 people
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.
No nearby town is as young as Villejoubert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villejoubert | 40.8 | 19% | 1.6% | 0.8% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 3.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 6.4 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 6.7 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 8.8 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 8.8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 9.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 Villejoubert
What is the population of Villejoubert?
381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (339).
How old are Villejoubert’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villejoubert?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villejoubert?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villejoubert?
€26,050 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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