A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
One-person households make up 20%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.7% of households have no car. 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. Amberre’s 230 households held 565 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Amberre
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Amberre behind 61% 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 +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% 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
■ Amberre 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.2, Amberre is younger than 71% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Amberre: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Amberre has 13%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 89% 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
6.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. At 9.7%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 77% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 2.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,220 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.
Living standards centre on €24,220 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. In Amberre, 27% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Amberre comes in at 50%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Amberre, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops three fifths of compared French towns: 21%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Amberre and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberre | 41.2 | 18% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 6.3 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 6.8 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 8.6 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Cissé 2,869 · 9 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 10.9 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Migné-Auxances 6,285 · 11.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.6% | 6% |
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 Amberre
What is the population of Amberre?
565 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (554).
How old are Amberre’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Amberre?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Amberre?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Amberre?
€24,220 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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