A smaller share of households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.5%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 4.3% of homes are flats here. 29% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 5.3%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put La Bruffière’s population at 3,987, in 1,670 households.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, La Bruffière outgrew 51% of compared French towns: +5%
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 those years, the median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +1% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 71% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Bruffière 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Bruffière is 41.8, lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
In La Bruffière, 5.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% 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
By its share of one-person households (30%), La Bruffière is below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Locally, 31% of households are couples with children. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
La Bruffière sits below 79% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.7%)
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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few second homes: 1.5% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,600 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 La Bruffière is €25,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 6.0% of residents.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 75% 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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The usual figure: 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 70% of compared French towns: 23%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 72% 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
The census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in La Bruffière. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 11th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,965 to 4,012 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Le Plessis-Belleville to 64.9 in Erquy.
La Bruffière sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bruffière | 41.8 | 19% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Treize-Septiers 3,416 · 2.3 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 0.3% | 2.7% |
| Boussay 2,884 · 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Cugand-la-Bernardière 5,711 · 4.4 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| Les Landes-Genusson 2,638 · 4.8 mi | 40.6 | 21% | 1.7% | 2.2% |
| Gétigné 3,883 · 4.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Montaigu-Vendée 21,134 · 6.2 mi | 41.9 | 18% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
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 La Bruffière
What is the population of La Bruffière?
3,987 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (3,794).
How old are La Bruffière’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bruffière?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bruffière?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bruffière?
€25,600 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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