A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.3%
The share of second homes tops 87% of compared French towns: 8.8%. At the 2023 Census La Jaudonnière was home to 670 people in 270 households. Locally, 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone.
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 Jaudonnière
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 3.6% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Jaudonnière grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Vendée town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
Half of La Jaudonnière is under 41, younger than 73% 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 Jaudonnière 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
La Jaudonnière: 35% of households are couples with children, above 92% 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 3.6% of households are single parents. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 6.3%, a lower share than 78% 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
Empty homes: 9.1% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.1% (under two years). In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.
A median standard of living of €24,390 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,390 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.6% in La Jaudonnière, less than in 95% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manual worker, La Jaudonnière sits higher than 99% of compared French towns: 31%. As a reference point, nearly one in ten 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).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns, at 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: 50% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in La Jaudonnière, less than in 88% 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 share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 670 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
La Jaudonnière 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 Jaudonnière | 41 | 19% | 8.8% | 3% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 4.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 8.5 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Bournezeau 3,452 · 9.6 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 4.7% | 1.7% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 10 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 10.4 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 10.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
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 Jaudonnière
What is the population of La Jaudonnière?
670 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (609).
How old are La Jaudonnière’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Jaudonnière?
29, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Jaudonnière?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Jaudonnière?
€24,390 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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