Flats make up 1.8% in Commequiers, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of households are single parents here. The 2023 Census put Commequiers’s population at 3,735, in 1,650 households. Second homes account for 7.9%. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 22% here, more than in 91% 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 Commequiers
Growing fast
Commequiers had 3,152 residents at the 2012 census and 3,735 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +18% change since 2012: faster than 88% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Commequiers 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Commequiers’s residents are over 46.9, older than in 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over account for 26%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
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 2.2 people in the average household. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Commequiers sits higher than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 27%.
A smaller share of households without a car than 92% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 15%. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. 4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,800 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 median standard of living in Commequiers is €24,800 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
Commequiers sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.8%)
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 39%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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).
Only 2.2% of residents are immigrants in Commequiers
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%. On the census count, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals. Elsewhere, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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 figure for married residents is 51% in Commequiers and 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,706 to 3,765 people), 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.
Ages run from 35.1 in Lourches to 63.9 in Cabourg.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Commequiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commequiers | 46.9 | 26% | 7.9% | 2.2% |
| Soullans 4,654 · 4 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 7.3% | 1.7% |
| Le Fenouiller 4,978 · 4.8 mi | 57 | 35% | 13% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron 2,727 · 5.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.9% | 2.2% |
| Coëx 3,428 · 5.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 9.8% | 1.7% |
| Challans 22,943 · 5.8 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez 13,074 · 6.4 mi | 61.8 | 43% | 61% | 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 Commequiers
What is the population of Commequiers?
3,735 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (3,152).
How old are Commequiers’ residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Commequiers?
150, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Commequiers?
INSEE counts 82 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Commequiers?
€24,800 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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