1.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Yviers is 47.6, higher than in 73% of compared French towns. This Charente town had 541 residents in 220 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a retired person account for 43%. 5.3% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
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 Yviers
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 62 second homes and occasional dwellings in Yviers, 19% of its 330 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 46 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 19%, a higher share than 93% 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
In the last two years, 10% of households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Yviers has 14%.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 56% 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 ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
In Yviers, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 79% 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
■ Yviers 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6.8%, a lower share than 91% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Lower than in 59% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. Still, 26% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,420 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.
The median standard of living in Yviers is €22,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Yviers ranks below 89% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.5%
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 12%, a higher share than 86% 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Yviers comes in at 11%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is higher than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 75% of compared French towns: 29%
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. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Yviers, 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Adults with no qualification: 30%, above 92% of compared French towns.
Of 41 French towns its size (541 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Yviers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yviers | 47.6 | 28% | 19% | 11% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 8.9 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 15.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 17 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 17 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
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 Yviers
What is the population of Yviers?
541 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (509).
How old are Yviers’ residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yviers?
62, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yviers?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 63 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Yviers?
€22,420 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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