1.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin. In 2023, the Census found 1,354 residents locally, living in 560 households. Single-parent households make up about one in 19 here (5.2%). Lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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-Pierre-du-Chemin
An older town
Half of Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 68% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vendée town +9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Half of Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin is over 50.9, 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
■ Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin comes in at 30%. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 62% 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
Households average 2.2 people. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 7.2% 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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. The census found that 9.6% of homes stand empty in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin. Households without a car are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,000 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,000 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns, at 41%
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. Measured more widely, 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).
Immigrants make up 3.6% in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin, less than in 76% 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 share of foreign nationals is 3.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 82% 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 figure for single residents is 23% in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 95% 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 adults with no qualification is 19%; Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin has 26%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin | 50.9 | 30% | 7.2% | 3.6% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 3.8 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 5.8 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 8.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Cerizay 4,793 · 8.8 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 1.4% | 15% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 12 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 12.6 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
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-Pierre-du-Chemin
What is the population of Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin?
1,354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,350).
How old are Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin?
49, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin?
€23,000 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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