Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.3% of homes are flats
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes are second homes in Sepvret. Its 250 households held 620 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 26% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 19% here, more than in 81% 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.
Since 2012, Sepvret has changed by +4%, slower than 55% 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
The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 57% of compared French towns: half of Sepvret is over 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sepvret 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 63% of compared French towns: 10%. For Sepvret, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Sepvret: 27% of households are couples with children, above 57% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 61% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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
At 5.9%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Of all households, 6.1% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,440 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,440 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 40%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sepvret sits below 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.8%)
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.
About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Sepvret (3.4%). The wider picture: 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.
Sepvret sits below 91% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Sepvret is above 80% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Sepvret sits below 63% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (17%)
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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 620 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Sepvret
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepvret | 45 | 21% | 9.2% | 3.8% |
| Melle 5,752 · 5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 6.7 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 8.3 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 10.4 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| Rouillé 2,533 · 11.2 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.9% | 2% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 11.6 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
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 Sepvret
What is the population of Sepvret?
620 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (598).
How old are Sepvret’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sepvret?
27, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sepvret?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sepvret?
€25,440 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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