Half of Damvix is over 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns
Flats: 4.3% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. About one in 29: that is how common households in social housing are in Damvix (3.4%). Few places have so few couples with children: 14% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. There were 380 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 733 residents.
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 Damvix
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Damvix, 19% of its 530 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Damvix’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Damvix had 774 residents at the 2012 census and 733 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
7.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 18% have been in their home 30 years or more. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.2% here, more than in 74% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 89% 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 first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −2%.
5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Damvix 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
37% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 93% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Damvix. Households average 1.9 people. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Median standard of living: €24,460 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 €24,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 48%, a higher share than 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 18% in Damvix and 14% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Damvix.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
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
51% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Damvix. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 733 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Damvix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damvix | 57.9 | 37% | 19% | 2.5% |
| Benet 4,089 · 7.4 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 7.6 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Magné 2,728 · 9.1 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 9.2 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 10.5 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 10.6 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
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 Damvix
What is the population of Damvix?
733 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (774).
How old are Damvix’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Damvix?
100, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Damvix?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Damvix?
€24,460 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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