Flats make up 1.2% in Château-Guibert, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 32% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 1,584 residents in Château-Guibert, living in 620 households. For Château-Guibert, the census puts households without a car at 2.5%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 98% 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Château-Guibert outgrew 51% of compared French towns: +5%
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 first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Château-Guibert 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
■ Château-Guibert 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 23% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 23%
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Lower than in 82% of compared French towns: 7.8% of households are single parents.
Second homes: 7.2%, a higher share than 83% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 56% of compared French towns: 7.2%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,950 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,950 a year: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 80% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Château-Guibert has 16%. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.9%, a lower share than 93% 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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Château-Guibert sits above 79% of compared French towns for married residents (47%)
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
The share of single residents is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 67% 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 1,584 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Château-Guibert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Guibert | 42.7 | 23% | 7.2% | 1.9% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 3.5 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| Rives de l'Yon 4,335 · 3.8 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Bournezeau 3,452 · 6.2 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 4.7% | 1.7% |
| Nesmy 3,100 · 6.8 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 2.3% | 1.5% |
| La Chaize-le-Vicomte 3,948 · 6.8 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 9.3 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
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 Château-Guibert
What is the population of Château-Guibert?
1,584 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,509).
How old are Château-Guibert’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Château-Guibert?
52, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Château-Guibert?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Château-Guibert?
€25,950 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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