Photo: Shagshag · CC BY 2.0More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households are single parents in Pouzauges. This Vendée town is home to 5,668 residents in 2,560 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 15%. The median age in the town is 46.3, higher than in nearly two thirds 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.
Pouzauges changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 61% 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
Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Vendée.
Pouzauges sits above 58% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (23%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pouzauges 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Across the 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: 37%, a higher share than 56% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 67% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, or about one in 12. Second homes are more common here than in 65% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,930 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns: 6%
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: 33% of the total. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3% in Pouzauges. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pouzauges: 47% of residents 15 and over are married, above 79% of compared French towns
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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Pouzauges. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 27%, a higher share than 84% 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
Graduates of higher education: 22%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th 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 35.2 in Valdahon to 57.6 in Cancale.
Pouzauges is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouzauges | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 3.9 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 4.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Les Epesses 2,983 · 7.8 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Cerizay 4,793 · 8.4 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 1.4% | 15% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 10.2 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 10.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 4.4% |
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 Pouzauges
What is the population of Pouzauges?
5,668 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (5,547).
How old are Pouzauges’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouzauges?
96, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouzauges?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouzauges?
€24,930 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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