Flats make up 2.6% in Pouillé, less than in 99% of compared French towns
31% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. At 4.1%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Pouillé is home to 630 residents in 270 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 5.5% here.
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 Pouillé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouillé had 657 residents at the 2012 census and 630 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 85% of compared French towns: Pouillé changed by −4% since 2012
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vendée town +9%.
Older than 72% of compared French towns: half of Pouillé is over 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pouillé 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten. Higher than in 52% of compared French towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns, at 7.3%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are couples with children here. The census found that 33% of households are one person living alone in Pouillé. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Above 60% of compared French towns: 7.7% of homes stand empty
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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.8% (under two years). Second homes are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,220 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 €24,220 a year: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 24%, a lower share than 88% of compared French towns
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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 9.1% in Pouillé. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pouillé sits below 89% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.3%)
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.9% in Pouillé. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 85% of compared French towns: 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 fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pouillé
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Pouillé has 23%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 630 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Pouillé, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouillé | 47.5 | 23% | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 6.5 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 7.6 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Luçon 9,417 · 10.8 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 12.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 13 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| Bournezeau 3,452 · 13.2 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 4.7% | 1.7% |
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 Pouillé
What is the population of Pouillé?
630 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (657).
How old are Pouillé’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouillé?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouillé?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouillé?
€24,220 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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