A median age of 60.1: Saint-Denis-du-Payré is older than 98% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Denis-du-Payré was home to 434 people in 220 households. Here, just over three in five households are headed by a retired person. In Saint-Denis-du-Payré, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town.
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 Saint-Denis-du-Payré
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Denis-du-Payré, 34% of its 340 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Saint-Denis-du-Payré’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 34% of homes are second homes
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Saint-Denis-du-Payré comes in at 2.3%. Households without a car make up about one in 24 here (4.2%). Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 80% of compared French towns: Saint-Denis-du-Payré changed by +14% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Vendée.
40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Saint-Denis-du-Payré 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 3.9%, Saint-Denis-du-Payré is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Denis-du-Payré ranks below 73% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average. Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,670 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 €24,670 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
2.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Saint-Denis-du-Payré has 17%. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of Saint-Denis-du-Payré’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-Denis-du-Payré (6.1%). Foreign nationals make up 3.7%, close to the figure 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
With married residents at 56%, Saint-Denis-du-Payré is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns, at 21%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Saint-Denis-du-Payré, 23%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (434 to 2,582 people), the 4th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Saint-Denis-du-Payré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Denis-du-Payré | 60.1 | 40% | 34% | 6.1% |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 2,845 · 5.6 mi | 66.6 | 54% | 66% | 2.1% |
| Luçon 9,417 · 5.7 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Angles 3,115 · 6.5 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 29% | 2.6% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 9 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| La Tranche-sur-Mer 3,136 · 9.2 mi | 64.6 | 49% | 79% | 2.2% |
| Longeville-sur-Mer 2,625 · 10.4 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 62% | 2.3% |
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 Saint-Denis-du-Payré
What is the population of Saint-Denis-du-Payré?
434 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (380).
How old are Saint-Denis-du-Payré’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Denis-du-Payré?
120, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Denis-du-Payré?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Denis-du-Payré?
€24,670 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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