Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of households have no car here. Saint-Révérend has fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.9%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,549, in 690 households. 31% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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-Révérend
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Révérend, 15% of its 870 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 82% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Révérend ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
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
One in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in 68% of compared French towns: 5.4%.
+12% since 2012, a pace 75% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Vendée town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
In Saint-Révérend, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 87% 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-Révérend 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.2, Saint-Révérend is older than 64% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Saint-Révérend, less than in 79% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.5% of households are single parents here. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 28% of households are couples with children.
Median living standard: €24,780 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-Révérend’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 51% 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 usual figure: nearly a third 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 0.5% in Saint-Révérend and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Révérend: 52% of residents 15 and over are married, above 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Saint-Révérend, 20%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,549 to 2,582 people
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.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Révérend
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Révérend | 46.2 | 23% | 15% | 1.1% |
| Coëx 3,428 · 3.5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 9.8% | 1.7% |
| Le Fenouiller 4,978 · 3.6 mi | 57 | 35% | 13% | 1.7% |
| Commequiers 3,735 · 4.3 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 7.9% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 8,333 · 4.6 mi | 63.7 | 48% | 49% | 3.1% |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer 5,344 · 5.1 mi | 62.9 | 46% | 65% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez 13,074 · 6.3 mi | 61.8 | 43% | 61% | 2.2% |
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-Révérend
What is the population of Saint-Révérend?
1,549 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,385).
How old are Saint-Révérend’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Révérend?
130, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Révérend?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Révérend?
€24,780 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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