Générac sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.3%)
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Générac has 4.7%. The town’s 240 households held 549 residents at the 2023 Census. 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 12. Higher than in 76% of compared French towns: 38% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Générac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Générac had 582 residents at the 2012 census and 549 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 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.
Générac changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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 −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Half of Générac is over 48.4, older than 76% 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
■ Générac 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 27% in Générac and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.1%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Générac has 27%. One-person households are rarer here than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A larger share of empty homes than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Second homes: 6.2% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,620 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.
At €24,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
In Générac, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 78% 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
The census found that 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Générac. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Générac. Against that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Married residents: 41%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 87% 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 19% in the typical compared French town, 25% of adults out of school have no qualification here. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (549 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.
Générac sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Générac | 48.4 | 27% | 6.2% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 5.5 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Blaye 5,066 · 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 7.5 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 8 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 8.8 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Pauillac 5,190 · 10.1 mi | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
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 Générac
What is the population of Générac?
549 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (582).
How old are Générac’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Générac?
18, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Générac?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Générac?
€24,620 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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