Half of Secondigny is over 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 45% in Secondigny. The 2023 Census counted 1,765 residents in 830 households. Flats make up about one in 17 here (6%). Fewer households in social housing than in 84% of compared French towns: 5.6%.
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 Secondigny
An older town
Half of Secondigny’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 81% 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 +1% for the median Deux-Sèvres town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Secondigny 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.5%), Secondigny is below 88% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 20%, a lower share than 72% 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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Secondigny comes in at 38%. Across Secondigny, 9% of households are single parents. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Secondigny 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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 3.8% in Secondigny. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 8.9%.
Standard of living at the median: €23,070 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 €23,070 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Secondigny, 4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals account for 3.4%. Against that, 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.
Secondigny ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Secondigny has 45%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Secondigny, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
Adults with no qualification: 30% here and 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Secondigny is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondigny | 55.3 | 38% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 8.9 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 9.4 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 10.6 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 15.1 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 15.1 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Bressuire 19,970 · 16.2 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
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 Secondigny
What is the population of Secondigny?
1,765 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,816).
How old are Secondigny’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Secondigny?
39, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Secondigny?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Secondigny?
€23,070 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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