44.7median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Flats make up 1.1% in Ardin, less than in 99% of compared French towns

The figure for households in social housing is 0.3% in Ardin and 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,257, in 560 households. Census figures put second homes at 6.2% in the town. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 28%, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.

+1%residents since 2012 22%aged 65 or older 2.5%immigrants 560households

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.

Population

+1% since 2012: slower than 65% 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.

Census 2012

1,242

residents

Census 2017

1,243

residents

Census 2023

1,257

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Ardin+1%

Deux-Sèvres median+1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Ardin+1%

Deux-Sèvres median+1%

France median+2%

From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%.

Ages

8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 83% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Under 1517%

15 to 248.9%

25 to 4424%

45 to 6428%

65 and over22%

of whom 80 and over5.3%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Ardin 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.

Half of Ardin’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Ardin

Deux-Sèvres median

France median

WomenMen

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Households

Below 81% of compared French towns: 8% of households are single parents

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.

One person 28%Couple, no children 38%Couple with children 25%Single parent 8%Several people, not a family 0.9%

Against the Deux-Sèvres median and the France median

Ardin

Deux-Sèvres median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

One-person households28%

Residents 65+ living alone25%

0%20%40%

A household here holds 2.3 people on average. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. At 25%, couples with children sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

Ardin ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4%

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

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Main residences87%

Second homes6.2%

Empty6.8%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Ardin

Deux-Sèvres median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

No car4%

One car42%

Two or more54%

0%35%70%

Households that moved in under two years ago: 7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.

Income

At the median, €26,170 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.

Median standard of living

€26,170

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Deux-Sèvres €24,720 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Living standards centre on €26,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Above 58% of compared French towns: 34% of households are headed by a retired person

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

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Retired34%

Managers and professionals8.7%

Intermediate occupations14%

Clerical and service workers19%

Manual workers15%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners4.4%

Farmers2.6%

Others not working1.7%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

7.1%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

580

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Households headed by a manual worker account for 15%. Nearly a tenth of Ardin’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%).

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

In Ardin, 2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.7% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Immigrants2.5%

Foreign nationals1.7%

0%5%10%

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 share of foreign nationals is 1.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.

Couples

21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 84% 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

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

Married47%

In a civil partnership (PACS)11%

Living together, unmarried13%

Single21%

Divorced3.7%

Widowed5.3%

0%30%60%

Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.

Qualifications

A lower share of adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns, at 15%

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

ArdinDeux-Sèvres medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)15%

Brevet3.8%

CAP or BEP (vocational)30%

Baccalauréat21%

Bac+215%

Bac+3 or bac+48.5%

Bac+5 or more6.8%

0%20%40%

The share of graduates of higher education stands at 30%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Of 41 French towns its size (1,257 to 2,582 people), the 18th youngest

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Ardin 44.7

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).

Neighbors

Ardin 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.

BenetÉchiréMagnéNiortFontenay-le-ComteChaurayArdin

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Ardin	44.7	22%	6.2%	2.5%
Benet 4,089 · 7.7 mi	46.7	25%	4.7%	2.2%
Échiré 3,549 · 8.9 mi	49.3	27%	1.5%	2.1%
Magné 2,728 · 11.2 mi	57.7	37%	4.8%	3.2%
Niort 59,854 · 11.3 mi	43.7	23%	3.3%	8.5%
Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 11.7 mi	50.9	32%	3.1%	7.5%
Chauray 7,221 · 11.8 mi	46.5	25%	1.2%	4.2%

More about Ardin

Health, work, housing and schools

Health B⁻Deaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute C⁺Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living AHome prices, rents, owning and renting Schools ACollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Ardin

What is the population of Ardin?

1,257 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,242).

How old are Ardin’s residents?

The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Ardin?

40, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Ardin?

INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Ardin?

€26,170 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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