Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Landevieille comes in at 4.8%. This Vendée town had 1,519 residents in 690 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 2% of homes are flats. On residents aged 15 to 24, Landevieille sits lower than 88% of compared French towns: 8.5%.
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 Landevieille
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Landevieille, 21% of its 910 homes: higher than in 93% 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.
Landevieille ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.9%
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 12% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 4%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, by its share of second homes (21%), Landevieille is above 93% of compared French towns.
Landevieille grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 82% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Vendée.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25% in Landevieille, more than in 66% 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
■ Landevieille 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Landevieille is 45.9, higher than in 62% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Landevieille sits below 86% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.5%)
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. On one-person households, Landevieille sits lower than two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. This Vendée town sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,400 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,400 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Landevieille, more than in 86% 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 manual worker: 18% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 1.6% of residents are immigrants in Landevieille
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 Landevieille comes in at 0.8%. That is lower than in 96% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%. Across the 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Landevieille has 50%. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Landevieille
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: nearly a fifth of the total. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 19th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Landevieille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landevieille | 45.9 | 25% | 21% | 1.6% |
| Brem-sur-Mer 2,993 · 2.8 mi | 60.2 | 42% | 39% | 1.4% |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer 5,344 · 3 mi | 62.9 | 46% | 65% | 2.5% |
| Coëx 3,428 · 4.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 9.8% | 1.7% |
| L'Île-d'Olonne 2,802 · 5.2 mi | 50.5 | 26% | 11% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 8,333 · 6.9 mi | 63.7 | 48% | 49% | 3.1% |
| Le Fenouiller 4,978 · 6.9 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 Landevieille
What is the population of Landevieille?
1,519 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,320).
How old are Landevieille’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Landevieille?
190, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Landevieille?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Landevieille?
€25,400 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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