Households without a car: 4.3%, a lower share than 92% of compared French towns
By its share of single-parent households (6.3%), Chanverrie is below 94% of compared French towns. 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in five. Few places have so few flats: 8.8% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. This Vendée town counted 5,653 residents and 2,410 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 57% 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
Over those years, the median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +2% to 2023.
Chanverrie is younger than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chanverrie 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Chanverrie comes in at 9.7%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% locally.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 28% in Chanverrie, less than in 84% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 29%, more than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 79% of compared French towns, at 6.5%
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
There is little gap on second homes: 2.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.3% of homes stand empty in Chanverrie.
Median standard of living: €25,850 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.
Living standards centre on €25,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 6.0% of the population.
31% of households are headed by a retired person, below 58% of compared French towns
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
Chanverrie has more households headed by a manager or professional than 54% of compared French towns, at 10%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 88% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
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 make up 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 50%
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: 21%, below 85% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 56% 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
On adults with no qualification, Chanverrie sits higher than 52% of compared French towns: 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (5,605 to 5,701 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 41.1 in Bohain-en-Vermandois to 57.6 in Cancale.
Chanverrie sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanverrie | 42.7 | 23% | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| Mortagne-sur-Sèvre 6,057 · 3.3 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 2.4% | 4.1% |
| La Gaubretière 3,225 · 3.5 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre 3,550 · 4.6 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Bois 2,828 · 5.7 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 6.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Les Landes-Genusson 2,638 · 6.2 mi | 40.6 | 21% | 1.7% | 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 Chanverrie
What is the population of Chanverrie?
5,653 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (5,307).
How old are Chanverrie’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chanverrie?
70, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chanverrie?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 80 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chanverrie?
€25,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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