Flats make up 0.9% in Corpe, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Corpe has 3.7%. 3.8% of households have no car, a lower share than in 95% of compared French towns. The town had 1,024 residents in 400 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Corpe
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Corpe changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 53% 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
The change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 40.6: Corpe is younger than 75% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Corpe 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
For Corpe, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 93% 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
With one-person households at 25%, Corpe is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. What’s more, at 8.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 73% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
A town of second homes: 3.8% of its homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. On the census count, 5.5% of homes stand empty.
Standard of living at the median: €25,320 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 Corpe is €25,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Corpe: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 95% 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
30% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Corpe, 1.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Corpe has 0.6%. The wider picture: 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.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 46% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Corpe, 23%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Corpe
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
Adults with no qualification: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,024 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Corpe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corpe | 40.6 | 18% | 3.8% | 1.1% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 2.6 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| Luçon 9,417 · 3.7 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 5.9 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Bournezeau 3,452 · 8.5 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 4.7% | 1.7% |
| Rives de l'Yon 4,335 · 9.4 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Nesmy 3,100 · 12.1 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 2.3% | 1.5% |
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 Corpe
What is the population of Corpe?
1,024 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (984).
How old are Corpe’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corpe?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corpe?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corpe?
€25,320 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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