In Notre-Dame-de-Riez, 1.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Notre-Dame-de-Riez comes in at 4%. Still, with a median age of 50.2, Notre-Dame-de-Riez is older than 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,213, in 950 households. For Notre-Dame-de-Riez, the census puts households in social housing at 0.8%.
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 Notre-Dame-de-Riez
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Notre-Dame-de-Riez, 10% of its 1,130 homes: higher than in 88% 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.
10% of homes are second homes, a share 88% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 15%. Fewer households without a car than in 92% of compared French towns: 4.5%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of homes stand empty in Notre-Dame-de-Riez.
A growing town: +13% since 2012, faster than 78% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Notre-Dame-de-Riez 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Notre-Dame-de-Riez, less than in 82% of compared French towns
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. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Notre-Dame-de-Riez has 26%.
Median standard of living: €26,080 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 €26,080 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 7.0%.
More households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Notre-Dame-de-Riez comes in at 5.1%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Here, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 85% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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: 19% of the total. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Notre-Dame-de-Riez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-de-Riez | 50.2 | 26% | 10% | 1.8% |
| Le Fenouiller 4,978 · 2.7 mi | 57 | 35% | 13% | 1.7% |
| Commequiers 3,735 · 3.1 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 7.9% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez 13,074 · 3.3 mi | 61.8 | 43% | 61% | 2.2% |
| Soullans 4,654 · 3.4 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 7.3% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 8,333 · 4.3 mi | 63.7 | 48% | 49% | 3.1% |
| Challans 22,943 · 6.3 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.9% |
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 Notre-Dame-de-Riez
What is the population of Notre-Dame-de-Riez?
2,213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,957).
How old are Notre-Dame-de-Riez’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Notre-Dame-de-Riez?
120, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Notre-Dame-de-Riez?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Notre-Dame-de-Riez?
€26,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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