Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.6% of homes are flats
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Saint-Prouant. The town counted 1,666 residents and 660 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 37: 2.7% of households have no car. On empty homes, Saint-Prouant sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 3%.
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-Prouant
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+12% since 2012, a pace 74% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vendée town +9%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
In Saint-Prouant, 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 75% 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-Prouant 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. Add to that, the median age in Saint-Prouant is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
One-person households make up 24% in Saint-Prouant, less than in 95% 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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 3.8% of households are single parents. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Only 2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Prouant
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
Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 3% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,020 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 Saint-Prouant’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 75% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Prouant has 31%. Against that, 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants make up 0.5% in Saint-Prouant, less than in 99% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Saint-Prouant comes in at 0.5%. Measured more widely, 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.
Saint-Prouant ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Saint-Prouant has 51%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Saint-Prouant ranks below 86% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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
With adults with no qualification at 21%, Saint-Prouant is ahead of 59% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,666 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th youngest
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.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Saint-Prouant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Prouant | 43.1 | 21% | 3% | 0.5% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 3 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 5 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 6.1 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 6.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 7.3 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 8.2 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-Prouant
What is the population of Saint-Prouant?
1,666 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,494).
How old are Saint-Prouant’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Prouant?
21, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Prouant?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Prouant?
€25,020 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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