Flats: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Amailloux, 2.8%. Census day 2023: 822 residents and 360 households here. Single-parent households account for 5.6%. This Deux-Sèvres town has fewer households in social housing than 88% of compared French towns, at 4.5%.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Amailloux
Empty homes
The census found 62 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Amailloux had 868 residents at the 2012 census and 822 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Amailloux changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 89% 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
Amailloux ranks above 69% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Amailloux 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Amailloux’s residents are over 46, older than in 63% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 93% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Nearly a third of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 84% of compared French towns.
Amailloux ranks above 94% of compared French towns on empty homes: 14%
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
Of all households, 9.3% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. On households without a car, Amailloux sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 6.5%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 4.6% here.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,810 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.
At €21,810 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Amailloux sits above 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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
Here 38% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.1% of Amailloux’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%. The census found that 5% of residents are foreign nationals in Amailloux.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 46% in Amailloux, more than in 69% 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
In Amailloux, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Amailloux sits below 95% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 822 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Amailloux: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amailloux | 46 | 25% | 4.6% | 7.1% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 6.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 7.6 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 9.5 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Bressuire 19,970 · 10.5 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 13 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Argentonnay 3,234 · 16.5 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 7.2% | 3.7% |
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 Amailloux
What is the population of Amailloux?
822 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (868).
How old are Amailloux’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Amailloux?
20, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Amailloux?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Amailloux?
€21,810 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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