Lairoux is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.1
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of households have no car in Lairoux. About one in 19: that is how common single-parent households are in Lairoux (5.3%). On households headed by a retired person, Lairoux sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 49%. At the 2023 Census, 602 people lived locally, in 290 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 Lairoux
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lairoux, 18% of its 380 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Lairoux’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Lairoux has 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Lairoux behind 69% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vendée town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Lairoux ranks below 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lairoux 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Lairoux is above 86% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Lairoux ranks below 78% of compared French towns on couples with children: 19%
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
The average household has 2.1 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 31% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 71% of compared French towns.
€25,300 a year: the median standard of living
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 Lairoux is €25,300 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 2.8% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Lairoux comes in at 2.5%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
With single residents at 18%, Lairoux is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
Older than Lairoux: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lairoux | 54.1 | 30% | 18% | 2.8% |
| Luçon 9,417 · 4.5 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 5.9 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| Angles 3,115 · 7.4 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 29% | 2.6% |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 2,845 · 8.6 mi | 66.6 | 54% | 66% | 2.1% |
| Rives de l'Yon 4,335 · 10.1 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Longeville-sur-Mer 2,625 · 10.8 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 62% | 2.3% |
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 Lairoux
What is the population of Lairoux?
602 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (601).
How old are Lairoux’s residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lairoux?
68, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lairoux?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lairoux?
€25,300 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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