A median age of 54.9: Avrillé is older than 94% of compared French towns
In Avrillé, 3.4% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 1,403 residents in 670 households: that is Avrillé at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 26 here (3.8%). Single-parent households are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Avrillé
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 240 second homes and occasional dwellings in Avrillé, 25% of its 940 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Avrillé’s residents are under 54.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 25% here, more than in 94% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing account for 2.2%.
Faster growth than 71% of compared French towns: Avrillé changed by +10% since 2012
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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vendée town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +12%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Avrillé ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avrillé 54.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 93% of compared French towns: 35%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 77% 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 36% of households are one person living alone.
€25,080 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Avrillé is €25,080 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Avrillé ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 48%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Avrillé. 3.8% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 48% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Avrillé
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 Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 0.9%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 16% in Avrillé, less than in 99% 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
53% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 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 1,403 to 2,582 people: this is the 6th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Avrillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avrillé | 54.9 | 35% | 25% | 1.8% |
| Longeville-sur-Mer 2,625 · 3.6 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 62% | 2.3% |
| Jard-sur-Mer 3,235 · 5.5 mi | 68.1 | 60% | 59% | 2.1% |
| Angles 3,115 · 6.1 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 29% | 2.6% |
| Talmont-Saint-Hilaire 8,492 · 6.7 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 43% | 2% |
| Nieul-le-Dolent 2,571 · 7.2 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 4.5% | 1.1% |
| La Tranche-sur-Mer 3,136 · 8.6 mi | 64.6 | 49% | 79% | 2.2% |
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 Avrillé
What is the population of Avrillé?
1,403 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,271).
How old are Avrillé’s residents?
The median age is 54.9, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avrillé?
240, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avrillé?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avrillé?
€25,080 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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