Journet is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.6
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Journet had 366 residents in 180 households at the 2023 Census. For Journet, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 31%. Flats: 3.8%, below 97% 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 Journet
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Journet, 19% of its 260 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Journet’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes in Journet are second homes
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 last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 15%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 5.8%, below 82% of compared French towns.
Journet changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 58% 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 +4% for the median Vienne town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 97% 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
■ Journet 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 33% in Journet and 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 81% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Couples with children are rarer here than in 76% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The figure for single-parent households is 8.6% in Journet and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,180 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,180 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 84% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Journet, 5.7%. Across the comparison, 32% 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).
More foreign nationals than 79% of compared French towns: 9%
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 73% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 11% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Journet, 22%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (366 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Journet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journet | 54.6 | 33% | 19% | 11% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 6 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 12 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 16.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 16.8 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
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 Journet
What is the population of Journet?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (356).
How old are Journet’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Journet?
49, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Journet?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Journet?
€23,180 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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