Xambes sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.9%)
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 257 residents in Xambes, living in 130 households. For Xambes, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 28%. With empty homes at 11%, Xambes is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Xambes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Xambes had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 257 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Xambes’s population moved −14% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −12%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
29% of residents are 65 or over, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Xambes 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.1, Xambes is older than three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 15% in Xambes, more than in 94% 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
By its share of one-person households (42%), Xambes is above three quarters of compared French towns. Couples with children make up about one in five here (22%). The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.3% of households have no car. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. In Xambes, 3.7% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,260 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.
Living standards centre on €23,260 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
In Xambes, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 70% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 32% 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).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.9%, Xambes is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 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: 34%, a lower share than 93% 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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Xambes ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 257 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Xambes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xambes | 48.1 | 29% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 4.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 8.6 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 9.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 10.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 10.6 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 10.8 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
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 Xambes
What is the population of Xambes?
257 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Xambes’ residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Xambes?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Xambes?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Xambes?
€23,260 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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