1.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Sallertaine. At 5.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 3,518 residents and 1,590 households here. Locally, nearly one in ten homes are second homes.
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 Sallertaine
Growing fast
Sallertaine had 2,832 residents at the 2012 census and 3,518 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +24% since 2012 puts Sallertaine ahead of 94% 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
The change was +9% from 2012 to 2017 and +14% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 71% of compared French towns: half of Sallertaine is over 47.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sallertaine 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Sallertaine, 9.2%. Still, on residents aged 65 and over, Sallertaine sits higher than 69% of compared French towns: 25%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Sallertaine
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 2.2 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 27% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 18% have been in their home 30 years or more. Fewer empty homes than in 64% of compared French towns: 5.7%. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,480 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,480 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Some 10.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
In Sallertaine, 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 79% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Sallertaine comes in at 35%. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sallertaine ranks below 96% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.2% in Sallertaine. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
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 96% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
The share of married residents tops 83% of compared French towns: 48%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
For Sallertaine, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,499 to 3,538
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Rubelles (34.9), the youngest, and La Bernerie-en-Retz (61.4), the oldest.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Sallertaine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallertaine | 47.2 | 25% | 8.3% | 1.6% |
| Challans 22,943 · 3.3 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Gervais 2,781 · 4.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 9.3% | 1.4% |
| Soullans 4,654 · 4.7 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 7.3% | 1.7% |
| La Garnache 5,515 · 5.4 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer 4,035 · 6.1 mi | 61.5 | 42% | 13% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts 8,868 · 7.4 mi | 60.2 | 41% | 67% | 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 Sallertaine
What is the population of Sallertaine?
3,518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (2,832).
How old are Sallertaine’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sallertaine?
150, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sallertaine?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sallertaine?
€25,480 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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