Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.2% of homes are flats
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Poiroux. In 2023, the Census found 1,246 residents here, living in 520 households. Census figures put couples with children at 33% locally. Half of the town’s residents are under 40, younger than in 79% of compared French towns.
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 Poiroux
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Poiroux, 20% of its 700 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Poiroux had 947 residents at the 2012 census and 1,246 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Poiroux: 20% of homes are second homes, above 93% of compared French towns
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
4.6% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6% of households have no car in Poiroux.
Poiroux’s population changed by +32% since 2012, more than in 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Vendée town, the change came in two steps: +15% from 2012 to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
Poiroux ranks below 87% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Poiroux 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 6% in Poiroux, less than in 96% 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
Households average 2.4 people. Poiroux has fewer one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 28%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,740 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,740 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 31%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Poiroux, 2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 84% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.6%), Poiroux is below 85% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Poiroux comes in at 51%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
In Poiroux, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
Adults with no qualification: 16%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest 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.
No nearby town is as young as Poiroux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poiroux | 40 | 21% | 20% | 2.8% |
| Nieul-le-Dolent 2,571 · 4.8 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 4.5% | 1.1% |
| Talmont-Saint-Hilaire 8,492 · 5.3 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 43% | 2% |
| Jard-sur-Mer 3,235 · 6.3 mi | 68.1 | 60% | 59% | 2.1% |
| Longeville-sur-Mer 2,625 · 6.7 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 62% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Foy 2,717 · 6.9 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 5.7% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups 2,585 · 7.7 mi | 40.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.1% |
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 Poiroux
What is the population of Poiroux?
1,246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (947).
How old are Poiroux’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Poiroux?
140, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Poiroux?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Poiroux?
€24,740 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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