38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households without a car: 1.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.7% of homes are second homes. The 2023 Census counted 1,229 residents in 490 households. The share of flats stands at 0.9%.
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 Martinet
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Martinet had 952 residents at the 2012 census and 1,229 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Martinet’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +29% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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 +19%; 2017 to 2023, +8%.
A median age of 38.6: Martinet is younger than 86% 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
■ Martinet 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.7%), Martinet is below 70% of compared French towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 16% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Martinet sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (23%)
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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Martinet ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 4.8%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 13%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €25,350 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,350 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Martinet ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 28%
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 24%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. Here, 3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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 median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Locally, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Martinet
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%; Martinet has 46%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Martinet
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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Martinet, about three in ten. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,229 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Martinet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinet | 38.6 | 16% | 8.7% | 1.6% |
| Coëx 3,428 · 4.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 9.8% | 1.7% |
| Les Achards 5,518 · 4.7 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 4.1% | 1.9% |
| Aizenay 10,365 · 5.8 mi | 40.3 | 18% | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups 2,585 · 6.2 mi | 40.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Venansault 4,757 · 7.5 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 0.7% | 2.3% |
| Brem-sur-Mer 2,993 · 8.5 mi | 60.2 | 42% | 39% | 1.4% |
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 Martinet
What is the population of Martinet?
1,229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (952).
How old are Martinet’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Martinet?
50, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Martinet?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Martinet?
€25,350 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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