Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of L'Orbrie is over 54.4
By its share of households without a car (2.6%), L'Orbrie is below 99% of compared French towns. The town had 808 residents in 390 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 2.2% of homes are flats. On households in social housing, L'Orbrie sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%.
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 L'Orbrie
An older town
Half of L'Orbrie’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 70% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Vendée.
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% 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
■ L'Orbrie 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over here. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
1.3% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. By its share of couples with children (24%), L'Orbrie is below 55% of compared French towns.
L'Orbrie ranks above 77% of compared French towns on second homes: 4.9%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%. On empty homes, L'Orbrie sits higher than three fifths of compared French towns: 7.6%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,970 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.
At €26,970 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 54% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
In L'Orbrie, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
The share of single residents is 18%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 808 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around L'Orbrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Orbrie | 54.4 | 29% | 4.9% | 2.1% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 1.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 11.2 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Benet 4,089 · 12 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 14.3 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 15.8 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Marans 4,476 · 15.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
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 L'Orbrie
What is the population of L'Orbrie?
808 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (809).
How old are L'Orbrie’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Orbrie?
22, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Orbrie?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Orbrie?
€26,970 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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