A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
4.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Mallièvre had 251 residents in 120 households at the 2023 census. For Mallièvre, the census puts empty homes at 3.3%. Lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Mallièvre
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mallièvre, 17% of its 150 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 ↓
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
The share of flats trails 95% of compared French towns: 5.3%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Mallièvre has changed by +1%, slower than 65% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, ±0%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Mallièvre 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Mallièvre is younger than just over three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
Two in five households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Households here average 2.2 people each. At 25%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 51% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,070 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.
Living standards centre on €26,070 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 81% of compared French towns: 19%
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
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 31% in Mallièvre.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 1.1% in Mallièvre, less than in 92% 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.
The share of immigrants is 2.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Mallièvre sits above 84% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Mallièvre ranks below 94% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
With graduates of higher education at 37%, Mallièvre is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 251 to 2,582
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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Mallièvre are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallièvre | 42.7 | 18% | 17% | 2.6% |
| Les Epesses 2,983 · 2.5 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre 3,550 · 3.5 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 5.4 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
| Mauléon 8,573 · 5.4 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| La Tessoualle 3,167 · 6.6 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| Chanverrie 5,653 · 6.6 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 2.7% | 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 Mallièvre
What is the population of Mallièvre?
251 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (248).
How old are Mallièvre’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mallièvre?
25, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mallièvre?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mallièvre?
€26,070 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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