Households without a car make up 1.4% in Liez, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Liez, 1.7%. At the 2023 Census Liez was home to 302 people in 140 households. 4% of homes stand empty. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Liez
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Liez, 17% of its 180 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 93% 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.
17% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
6.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Liez’s population changed by +15% since 2012, more than in 81% 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 +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
Older than 57% of compared French towns: half of Liez is over 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Liez 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Liez sits below 68% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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 share of one-person households trails 65% of compared French towns: 32%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Half above, half below €24,930 a year in 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Only 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Liez
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
Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 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).
Liez sits below 94% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1%)
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.
Immigrants make up 2.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 36% in Liez, less than in 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Liez has 21%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Liez, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Liez. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 302 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Liez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liez | 45 | 21% | 17% | 2.6% |
| Benet 4,089 · 4.8 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 8.1 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Magné 2,728 · 8.2 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 11 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 11.3 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Niort 59,854 · 11.8 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.3% | 8.5% |
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 Liez
What is the population of Liez?
302 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (263).
How old are Liez’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Liez?
29, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Liez?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Liez?
€24,930 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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