Flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Terval has 4.4%. Households without a car make up about one in 31 here (3.2%). Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 38% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns. This Vendée town had 2,147 residents in 970 households at 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.
What stands out about the people of Terval
An older town
Half of Terval’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Vendée. Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Terval is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Terval 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over here. Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Couples with children: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
8% of homes are second homes, more than in 85% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 30%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,020 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,020 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 71% of compared French towns. Some 13.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Terval ranks below 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.6%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here. Set beside that, 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).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 79% 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.
The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 34: 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 51% 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
20% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Terval (20%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,147 to 2,582 people), the 11th oldest
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.
Terval is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terval | 50.7 | 29% | 8% | 3.4% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 1.6 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 7.4 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 10.7 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Cerizay 4,793 · 11.8 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 1.4% | 15% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 13.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 14.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
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 Terval
What is the population of Terval?
2,147 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,216).
How old are Terval’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Terval?
89, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Terval?
INSEE counts 72 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Terval?
€24,020 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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