Saint-Sigismond ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.1%
Households in social housing: 2.4%, below 96% of compared French towns. Saint-Sigismond had 428 residents in 190 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 5.2% of households have no car here. The median age locally is 48.5, higher than in 77% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Sigismond
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Sigismond, 19% of its 260 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Saint-Sigismond sits close to the norm on empty homes: 5.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 8.4% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 56% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +5% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Sigismond 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Saint-Sigismond (11%). Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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
By its share of couples with children (21%), Saint-Sigismond is below 69% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,960 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 €25,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 56% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Saint-Sigismond. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. On households headed by a manager or professional, 9.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 62% of compared French towns: 5.1% of 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.
The census found that 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Sigismond. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 54% of compared French towns, at 26%
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-Sigismond. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 428 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.
Saint-Sigismond and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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-Sigismond | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 5.1% |
| Benet 4,089 · 5.7 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Magné 2,728 · 7.9 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 9.3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 9.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 10 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 10.1 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
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-Sigismond
What is the population of Saint-Sigismond?
428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (414).
How old are Saint-Sigismond’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sigismond?
49, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sigismond?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Sigismond?
€25,960 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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