A median age of 60.3: La Guérinière is older than 98% of compared French towns
The share of empty homes trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%. The 2023 Census put La Guérinière’s population at 1,377, in 740 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 53%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 14% of households are couples with children.
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 Guérinière
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 2,080 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Guérinière, 73% of its 2,840 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Guérinière’s residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Guérinière: 73% of homes are second homes, above 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. On flats, La Guérinière sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 7%. Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) here.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves La Guérinière behind 84% 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
The median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six +2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Guérinière 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households make up 4.5% in La Guérinière, less than in 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
42% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
A median standard of living of €26,470 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.
Half of La Guérinière’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,470 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 96% 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
In La Guérinière, 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Guérinière ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.4%
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 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%. For comparison, 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 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Married residents make up 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 58% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than La Guérinière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Guérinière | 60.3 | 39% | 73% | 1.4% |
| Noirmoutier-en-l'Île 4,505 · 3.2 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 69% | 1.8% |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer 4,035 · 9.9 mi | 61.5 | 42% | 13% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Gervais 2,781 · 12.4 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 9.3% | 1.4% |
| La Bernerie-en-Retz 3,536 · 12.7 mi | 61.4 | 42% | 55% | 1.3% |
| Pornic 18,745 · 12.7 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 32% | 2.4% |
| La Plaine-sur-Mer 4,760 · 12.8 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 47% | 1.6% |
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 La Guérinière
What is the population of La Guérinière?
1,377 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,430).
How old are La Guérinière’s residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Guérinière?
2,080, with occasional dwellings: 73% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Guérinière?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Guérinière?
€26,470 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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