Ensigné sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.2%)
Here 3.6% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Still, 9.1% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 87% of compared French towns. Ensigné had 288 residents in 140 households at the 2023 Census. In Ensigné, 4.3% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Ensigné
An older town
Half of Ensigné’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ensigné changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Deux-Sèvres.
Half of Ensigné is over 51, older than 86% 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
■ Ensigné 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 67% of compared French towns: 39%
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
In Ensigné, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 88% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,400 a year to live on
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 €23,400 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
3.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (7.1%), Ensigné is below two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Ensigné, 36% 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).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, below 88% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 3.1% in Ensigné and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents tops 75% of compared French towns: 46%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Ensigné ranks below 76% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Ensigné has 23%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 288 to 2,582
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).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Ensigné
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensigné | 51 | 28% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Melle 5,752 · 10.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 11.3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 14.2 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 16.3 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Aiffres 5,419 · 16.5 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| Vouillé 3,566 · 16.9 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.9% | 2.4% |
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 Ensigné
What is the population of Ensigné?
288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (293).
How old are Ensigné’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ensigné?
16, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ensigné?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ensigné?
€23,400 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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