Sainte-Florence: 40% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households in social housing (4.2%), Sainte-Florence is below 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Sainte-Florence was home to 1,359 people in 530 households. Census figures put households without a car at 2.6% here. Fewer empty homes than in 91% of compared French towns: 3.7%.
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 Sainte-Florence
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Sainte-Florence’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Florence 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Sainte-Florence sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 38.7, Sainte-Florence is younger than 85% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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 figure for single-parent households is 8.1% in Sainte-Florence and 10% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of homes are second homes here. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a manual worker: 39%, a higher share than 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Sainte-Florence, 25%. On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sainte-Florence ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.6%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Sainte-Florence has 1.1%. The usual figure: 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.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 48% of residents 15 and over are married
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
With single residents at 23%, Sainte-Florence is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Sainte-Florence ranks below 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
At 18%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,359 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
Sainte-Florence is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Florence | 38.7 | 13% | 3.1% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Fulgent 3,994 · 4.5 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1% | 5.5% |
| Essarts-en-Bocage 6,851 · 4.5 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 4.5 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Martin-des-Noyers 2,560 · 5.2 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.1% | 1.8% |
| Chauché 2,613 · 6.3 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 8.1 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 Sainte-Florence
What is the population of Sainte-Florence?
1,359 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,212).
How old are Sainte-Florence’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Florence?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Florence?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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