A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Colombiers, 3.7%. This Vienne town had 1,405 residents in 570 households at the 2023 census. The share of households in social housing stands at 0.2%. Fewer one-person households than in 92% of compared French towns: 26%.
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 Colombiers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Colombiers had 1,513 residents at the 2012 census and 1,405 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 93% of compared French towns: Colombiers changed by −7% since 2012
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 +4% for the median Vienne town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of Colombiers is over 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Colombiers 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
4.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 here average 2.3 people each. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Only 3% of homes stand empty in Colombiers
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 30%. Colombiers has more second homes than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.1%. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
At the median, €27,150 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,150 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Colombiers: 37% of households are headed by a retired person, above 72% 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
7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 15% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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 lower than in 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Foreign nationals account for 0.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 92% 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
With married residents at 49%, Colombiers is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Colombiers sits below 78% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (30%). Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest 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).
Colombiers is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombiers | 46.7 | 24% | 8.1% | 1.3% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 2.6 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 3.2 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 4 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Dissay 3,101 · 5.2 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 5.7 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 6.5 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
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 Colombiers
What is the population of Colombiers?
1,405 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,513).
How old are Colombiers’ residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colombiers?
52, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colombiers?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Colombiers?
€27,150 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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