Only 5.9% of homes are flats in Tiffauges
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Tiffauges’s 680 households held 1,544 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that nearly a third of households are couples with children in the town. 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 88% 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.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 76% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Vendée.
Half of Tiffauges is over 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tiffauges 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Tiffauges, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 73% of compared French towns: 12%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5.9% in Tiffauges, less than in 96% of compared French towns
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 typical household size is 2.3 people. Locally, nearly a third of households are one person living alone. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
6.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 78% 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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Empty homes: 4.6% of the total. Few places have as many second homes: 2.6% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,200 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.
Living standards centre on €26,200 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 66% of compared French towns: 13%
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, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Tiffauges has 34%. Typically, 9.4% of 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).
Fewer immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 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.
More married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 56% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
The census found that 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Tiffauges. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Tiffauges is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffauges | 45.7 | 21% | 2.6% | 1.9% |
| Les Landes-Genusson 2,638 · 3.3 mi | 40.6 | 21% | 1.7% | 2.2% |
| La Bruffière 3,987 · 3.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Boussay 2,884 · 4.1 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| La Gaubretière 3,225 · 5.4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.9% |
| Treize-Septiers 3,416 · 5.9 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 0.3% | 2.7% |
| Sèvremoine 25,797 · 6.6 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
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 Tiffauges
What is the population of Tiffauges?
1,544 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,568).
How old are Tiffauges’ residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tiffauges?
19, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tiffauges?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tiffauges?
€26,200 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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