Households in social housing: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.3% in Plassac and 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 3.7% of households have no car. 3.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 924 residents in 430 households.
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 Plassac
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plassac, 11% of its 520 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Plassac’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 2% in Plassac, less than in 99% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. Second homes are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns. 6.2% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Plassac grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +16% for the median Gironde town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Half of Plassac is over 52.1, older than 89% 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
■ Plassac 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 88% of compared French towns: 7.2%
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
Couples with children: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. For Plassac, the census puts one-person households at 37%.
A median of €28,340 a year per consumption unit
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 Plassac is €28,340 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Plassac: 44% of households are headed by a retired person, above 91% 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: 8.1%, below nearly three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third 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).
4.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Plassac. By way of comparison, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Plassac. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Plassac ranks below 90% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 12%
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
Here 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 924 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Plassac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plassac | 52.1 | 30% | 11% | 4.5% |
| Blaye 5,066 · 1.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Margaux-Cantenac 2,845 · 5.3 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Macau 4,576 · 7 mi | 40 | 16% | 2.6% | 4.5% |
| Avensan 3,140 · 7.7 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Listrac-Médoc 2,807 · 8 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Arsac 4,124 · 8 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.4% | 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 Plassac
What is the population of Plassac?
924 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (870).
How old are Plassac’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plassac?
58, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plassac?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plassac?
€28,340 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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