A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 23%
Households headed by a retired person: 13% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Pas-de-Jeu was home to 341 people in 160 households. The census found that 5.1% of households have no car in the town. The median age here is 47.1, higher than in 70% 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.
What stands out about the people of Pas-de-Jeu
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pas-de-Jeu had 412 residents at the 2012 census and 341 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Pas-de-Jeu: −17%
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
The median Deux-Sèvres town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −8%.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 82% 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
■ Pas-de-Jeu 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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 average household has 2.1 people. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children here.
100% of homes are houses
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 2.4% of homes are second homes. One household in 20 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €22,690 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 €22,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Pas-de-Jeu sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (38%)
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 manager or professional is 6.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pas-de-Jeu sits below 67% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.6%)
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 Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 4% in Pas-de-Jeu. The usual figure: 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.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Here 45% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Pas-de-Jeu, 12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Pas-de-Jeu comes in at 29%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 341 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is older than Pas-de-Jeu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pas-de-Jeu | 47.1 | 22% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 7.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 7.9 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 11.2 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 11.3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Montreuil-Bellay 3,746 · 11.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux 3,435 · 15.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
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 Pas-de-Jeu
What is the population of Pas-de-Jeu?
341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (412).
How old are Pas-de-Jeu’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pas-de-Jeu?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pas-de-Jeu?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pas-de-Jeu?
€22,690 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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