Only 1.8% of homes are flats in Falleron
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 99% of compared French towns: 2%. Few places have as many couples with children: 32% here, more than in 84% of compared French towns. Falleron had 1,725 residents in 720 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 +13% change since 2012: faster than 77% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vendée town +9%.
Younger than 65% of compared French towns: half of Falleron is under 42
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Falleron 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of Falleron’s residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Vendée town and 22% in the median compared French town; 23% are under 18. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Falleron ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 2.8%
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are one person living alone in Falleron. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households have no car
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
Turnover: 9.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 4% of homes are second homes, more than in 71% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on empty homes: 7.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,630 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 Falleron is €24,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Falleron ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 28%
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, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 91% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 79% of compared French towns: 2%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Falleron
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
47% are married and 11% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 5.3% are widowed. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 19%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Falleron and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falleron | 42 | 21% | 4% | 2% |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron 2,727 · 4.5 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.9% | 2.2% |
| Legé 4,817 · 5.6 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 3.7% | 1.4% |
| La Garnache 5,515 · 6.2 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Corcoué-sur-Logne 3,265 · 7.9 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Challans 22,943 · 8.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.9% |
| Commequiers 3,735 · 10 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 7.9% | 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 Falleron
What is the population of Falleron?
1,725 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,529).
How old are Falleron’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Falleron?
32, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Falleron?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Falleron?
€24,630 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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