31% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of couples with children tops 71% of compared French towns: 29%. At the 2023 Census Saint-Fulgent was home to 3,994 people in 1,700 households. The census found that 9.3% of homes are flats here. Households without a car are rarer here than in 80% 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.
Since 2012, Saint-Fulgent has grown +8%, faster than 65% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +9% in Vendée.
Half of Saint-Fulgent is under 42.3, younger than 64% 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-Fulgent 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Saint-Fulgent has 21%. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Saint-Fulgent has 32%. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Saint-Fulgent sits below 67% of compared French towns for households in social housing (8.7%)
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 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Saint-Fulgent comes in at 1%. The census found that 5.2% of homes stand empty locally. For comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,530 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 €25,530 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 7.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 67% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 8.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 59% 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.
The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.9% of the total. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 57% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Saint-Fulgent. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 81% 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-Fulgent, 22%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,971 to 4,017
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Le Plessis-Belleville is the youngest (37.2); Vaux-sur-Mer the oldest (66.9).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Saint-Fulgent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Fulgent | 42.3 | 21% | 1% | 5.5% |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers 3,726 · 4.1 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| Chauché 2,613 · 4.9 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Essarts-en-Bocage 6,851 · 6.4 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Les Brouzils 2,938 · 7.3 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 7.6 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 7.7 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 Saint-Fulgent
What is the population of Saint-Fulgent?
3,994 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (3,682).
How old are Saint-Fulgent’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Fulgent?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Fulgent?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 190 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Fulgent?
€25,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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