2.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 43%. La Chaize-Giraud has more residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns, at 32%. In 2023, the Census found 1,124 residents locally, living in 520 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.
What stands out about the people of La Chaize-Giraud
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Chaize-Giraud, 23% of its 720 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2% of homes are flats
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
La Chaize-Giraud sits close to the norm on empty homes: 5.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of homes are second homes.
La Chaize-Giraud grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 79% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
A median age of 50.3: La Chaize-Giraud is older than 84% 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
■ La Chaize-Giraud 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.1% in La Chaize-Giraud.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). There are 2.1 people in the average household. One-person households are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,210 a year per consumption unit
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 Chaize-Giraud is €25,210 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (43%)
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
On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 14% here, more than in just over half of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; La Chaize-Giraud has 0.5%. 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.
24% of residents 15 and over are single, below 63% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 54% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
La Chaize-Giraud ranks below 73% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in La Chaize-Giraud (19%). Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,124 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
La Chaize-Giraud and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chaize-Giraud | 50.3 | 32% | 23% | 1.8% |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer 5,344 · 2.6 mi | 62.9 | 46% | 65% | 2.5% |
| Brem-sur-Mer 2,993 · 3 mi | 60.2 | 42% | 39% | 1.4% |
| Coëx 3,428 · 4.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 9.8% | 1.7% |
| L'Île-d'Olonne 2,802 · 5.8 mi | 50.5 | 26% | 11% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 8,333 · 6.2 mi | 63.7 | 48% | 49% | 3.1% |
| Le Fenouiller 4,978 · 6.2 mi | 57 | 35% | 13% | 1.7% |
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 Chaize-Giraud
What is the population of La Chaize-Giraud?
1,124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (990).
How old are La Chaize-Giraud’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Chaize-Giraud?
170, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Chaize-Giraud?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Chaize-Giraud?
€25,210 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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