Flats make up 0.5% in Clavé, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 1.3% in Clavé and 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 348 people lived locally, in 150 households. 4% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 47%, more than in 95% of compared French towns.
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.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Clavé behind 78% 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 those years, the median Deux-Sèvres town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Clavé sits above 93% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (14%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Clavé 46. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46, Clavé is older than 63% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Clavé (21%).
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Clavé ranks above 89% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 13%
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
The share of one-person households trails 77% of compared French towns: 30%. Lower than in 59% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
In Clavé, 9.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 87% of compared French towns
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
By its share of empty homes (8.8%), Clavé is above 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
A typical living standard of €21,790 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,790 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 65% of compared French towns: 4.9% of 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.
For Clavé, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.3%. 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.
In Clavé, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 65% 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
Across Clavé, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 9.3%, and 4.8% are widowed.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 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
Adults with no qualification: 22% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 348 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Clavé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavé | 46 | 21% | 9.3% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 5.9 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 10.4 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 10.8 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 11.6 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 12.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Rouillé 2,533 · 12.8 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.9% | 2% |
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 Clavé
What is the population of Clavé?
348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (355).
How old are Clavé’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clavé?
17, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clavé?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clavé?
€21,790 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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