A median age of 54.4: Voulgézac is older than 93% of compared French towns
In Voulgézac, 4.4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. 23% of households are headed by a manual worker. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 244 people lived here, in 110 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 Voulgézac
An older town
Half of Voulgézac’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Voulgézac had 263 residents at the 2012 census and 244 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
4.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Voulgézac 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Single-parent households make up 4.5% in Voulgézac, less than in 99% 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
32% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in 61% of compared French towns. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
Voulgézac: 11% of homes stand empty, above 85% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 3.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 40% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 3%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,280 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 €27,280 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.5% in Voulgézac, less than in 89% of compared French towns
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. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.9%), Voulgézac is below two thirds of compared French towns. 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Voulgézac has 49%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 24% in Voulgézac, more than in 74% of compared French towns
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Voulgézac. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 244 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Voulgézac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voulgézac | 54.4 | 26% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 6.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 6.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 8.8 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
| Angoulême 41,908 · 9.4 mi | 39.9 | 21% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 9.5 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 10.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
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 Voulgézac
What is the population of Voulgézac?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (263).
How old are Voulgézac’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Voulgézac?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Voulgézac?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Voulgézac?
€27,280 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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