Flats make up 0.7% in Saint-Urbain, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 1.9% in Saint-Urbain and 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Fewer one-person households than in 93% of compared French towns: 25%. The town is home to 2,000 residents in 820 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
A +15% change since 2012: faster than 82% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%.
Saint-Urbain sits below 70% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Urbain 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Urbain’s residents are under 41.9, younger than in two thirds of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Urbain ranks above 86% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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
The average household has 2.4 people. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.
Saint-Urbain ranks above 87% of compared French towns on second homes: 9.1%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.1% of homes stand empty here. Nearly one in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.5% moved in within the last two years. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,740 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 €25,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Saint-Urbain sits below 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.1%)
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 22%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (34%). The usual figure: nearly one in ten 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: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% 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-Urbain comes in at 0.6%. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 81% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 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
In Saint-Urbain, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,000 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Urbain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Urbain | 41.9 | 19% | 9.1% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Gervais 2,781 · 2.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 9.3% | 1.4% |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer 4,035 · 2.8 mi | 61.5 | 42% | 13% | 1.8% |
| Sallertaine 3,518 · 3.7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 8.3% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts 8,868 · 6.7 mi | 60.2 | 41% | 67% | 2% |
| Challans 22,943 · 6.9 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.9% |
| Soullans 4,654 · 7.6 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 7.3% | 1.7% |
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-Urbain
What is the population of Saint-Urbain?
2,000 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,734).
How old are Saint-Urbain’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Urbain?
88, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Urbain?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Urbain?
€25,740 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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