Vouthon sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.3%)
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. The census found that 6.1% of homes are second homes in Vouthon. Half of the town’s residents are over 48, older than in 74% of compared French towns. This Charente town had 405 residents in 190 households at the 2023 census.
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.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 70% 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 those years, the median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then −3% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vouthon 48. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Vouthon is behind 60% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 22% of households are couples with children in Vouthon
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. Vouthon has fewer one-person households than 60% of compared French towns, at 33%. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 10%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 75% of compared French towns, at 6.8%
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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across Vouthon, 5.5% of homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €22,860 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,860 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 59% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Vouthon has 8.2%. On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 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).
4.1% of residents are immigrants, below 73% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Vouthon, 2.6%. To put it in context, 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.
Married residents make up 48% in Vouthon, more than in 85% 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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Vouthon, 23%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 70% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Vouthon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouthon | 48 | 29% | 6.1% | 4.1% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 6.2 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Brie 4,125 · 10.1 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 10.5 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 11 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 11.2 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 12.5 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 0.9% | 6.3% |
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 Vouthon
What is the population of Vouthon?
405 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (405).
How old are Vouthon’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vouthon?
13, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vouthon?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vouthon?
€22,860 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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