Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Charroux is over 60.3
2% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Charroux’s population at 1,036, in 560 households. Locally, 56% of households are headed by a retired person. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
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 Charroux
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charroux, 15% of its 780 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Charroux’s residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Charroux had 1,184 residents at the 2012 census and 1,036 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 100 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 96% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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 median compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; here, one in eight. Add to that, 13% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 91% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 15% in Charroux.
Charroux changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vienne town +4%.
Charroux ranks above 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 41%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charroux 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 98% of compared French towns: 6.6%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households make up 5.3% in Charroux, less than in 98% 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
Households average 1.8 people. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. At 44%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,510 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.
Living standards centre on €22,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Charroux has 12%. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 15%
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 median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 84% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. In Charroux, 14% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Charroux
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
With married residents at 50%, Charroux is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 18%
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: 31% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,036 to 2,582 people
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.
Median age: 1 of the 4 towns around Charroux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charroux | 60.3 | 41% | 15% | 15% |
| Civray 2,522 · 5.1 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 12.6 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 15 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 15.6 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
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 Charroux
What is the population of Charroux?
1,036 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (1,184).
How old are Charroux’s residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charroux?
120, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charroux?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charroux?
€22,510 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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