Younger than 92% of compared French towns: half of Froidfond is under 36.9
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 91% of compared French towns: 4.3%. Froidfond is home to 2,208 residents in 920 households, by the 2023 Census. For Froidfond, the census puts households without a car at 2.9%. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% 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 Froidfond
Growing fast
Froidfond had 1,676 residents at the 2012 census and 2,208 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Froidfond’s residents are under 36.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Froidfond grew +32% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 97% 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 +12%, then +18% to 2023. Over those years, the median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%.
Froidfond ranks below 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Froidfond 36.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Froidfond. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
2.8% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
The share of households in social housing is 1.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. 3% of homes are second homes, more than in 61% of compared French towns. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes make up about one in 16 here (6.1%).
€24,400 a year: the median standard of living
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 Froidfond is €24,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 9.0% of residents are below the line.
Froidfond sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (26%)
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
Froidfond has more households headed by a retired person than just over half of compared French towns, at 33%. Against that, 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).
Froidfond sits below 95% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.6%)
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 95% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. About one in 63: that is how common foreign nationals are in Froidfond (1.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 79% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Froidfond has 45%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Froidfond has 14%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 2,208 to 2,582 people
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 Froidfond (36.9), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Froidfond
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Froidfond | 36.9 | 15% | 3% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron 2,727 · 3.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2.9% | 2.2% |
| La Garnache 5,515 · 3.7 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Challans 22,943 · 5.8 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.9% |
| Soullans 4,654 · 8.2 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 7.3% | 1.7% |
| Commequiers 3,735 · 8.3 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 7.9% | 2.2% |
| Legé 4,817 · 8.3 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 3.7% | 1.4% |
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 Froidfond
What is the population of Froidfond?
2,208 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (1,676).
How old are Froidfond’s residents?
The median age is 36.9, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Froidfond?
30, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Froidfond?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Froidfond?
€24,400 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.