Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Vindelle comes in at 2.9%. 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. This Charente town had 1,045 residents in 460 households at the 2023 census. The share of single-parent households stands at 6.5%.
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.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 61% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Charente town +1%.
A median age of 47.4: Vindelle is older than 71% 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
■ Vindelle 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 90% 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 2.3 people on average. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 31%, more than in 81% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Vindelle sits below 79% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.6%)
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
At 2.8%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.9% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€26,940 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.
At €26,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Only 5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Vindelle
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 19% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. On the census count, 35% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vindelle sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
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 94% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 91: 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals. On average, 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.
Single residents make up 15% in Vindelle, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Vindelle, 51%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Vindelle ranks below 79% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,045 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vindelle is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vindelle | 47.4 | 24% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 2.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 3.4 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 3.7 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 4.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 4.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 5.5 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
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 Vindelle
What is the population of Vindelle?
1,045 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,025).
How old are Vindelle’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vindelle?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vindelle?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vindelle?
€26,940 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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