Bazoges-en-Pareds ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.5%
Households headed by a manual worker: 25% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households in social housing than in 91% of compared French towns: 3.9%. 1,184 residents in 500 households: that is Bazoges-en-Pareds at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of households are single parents.
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 Bazoges-en-Pareds
Empty homes
The census found 79 homes empty (12%): 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 +1% change since 2012: slower than 65% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Vendée.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 66% of compared French towns, at 9.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazoges-en-Pareds 44. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bazoges-en-Pareds is 44, lower than in 50% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Bazoges-en-Pareds, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 29% of households are one person living alone in Bazoges-en-Pareds
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
By its share of couples with children (30%), Bazoges-en-Pareds is above 76% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
In Bazoges-en-Pareds, 3.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 96% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty in Bazoges-en-Pareds. Add to that, the town has more second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 9.4%. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 8.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more.
€24,160 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 Bazoges-en-Pareds is €24,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Only 3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bazoges-en-Pareds
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Bazoges-en-Pareds has 36%. The usual figure: nearly one in ten 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).
Bazoges-en-Pareds sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bazoges-en-Pareds comes in at 3.1%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
Single residents make up 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Roughly two in ten: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,184 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.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Bazoges-en-Pareds
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazoges-en-Pareds | 44 | 21% | 9.4% | 3.5% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 6.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 8.3 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 9.1 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 9.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 10.6 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 11 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
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 Bazoges-en-Pareds
What is the population of Bazoges-en-Pareds?
1,184 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,171).
How old are Bazoges-en-Pareds’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazoges-en-Pareds?
60, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazoges-en-Pareds?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazoges-en-Pareds?
€24,160 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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