Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Puy-de-Serre. Households without a car account for 4.5%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 150 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 311 residents.
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 Puy-de-Serre
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puy-de-Serre, 17% of its 210 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Puy-de-Serre’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes stand empty here. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.8% (under two years).
Puy-de-Serre changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 76% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
A median age of 50.9: Puy-de-Serre is older 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
■ Puy-de-Serre 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Puy-de-Serre is above 75% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.4% of households are single parents
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 34% of households are one person living alone.
€23,590 a year: the median standard of living
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 Puy-de-Serre’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,590 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 23%, a higher share than 92% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. For Puy-de-Serre, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Puy-de-Serre ranks below 62% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.1%
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.
On the census count, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 92% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Puy-de-Serre. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Puy-de-Serre has 21%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th 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.
Puy-de-Serre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy-de-Serre | 50.9 | 27% | 17% | 5.1% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 6.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 9.4 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 11.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Benet 4,089 · 13.7 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 16.6 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 17.1 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
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 Puy-de-Serre
What is the population of Puy-de-Serre?
311 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (316).
How old are Puy-de-Serre’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puy-de-Serre?
37, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puy-de-Serre?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puy-de-Serre?
€23,590 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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