Venansault sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.6%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Venansault has 3.6%. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. 6.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns. This Vendée town had 4,757 residents in 1,910 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 Venansault
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Venansault’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 54% 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 median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +2%.
Venansault sits below 61% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Venansault 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.6, Venansault is older than 53% 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%.
34% of households are couples with children, more than in 91% 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
Single-parent households: 7.9%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
2.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 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
Turnover: 6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few second homes: 0.7% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €27,080 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 62% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 6.0%.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 73% 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
30% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.9%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.3% of residents are immigrants in Venansault
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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Venansault comes in at 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Venansault, less than in 87% of compared French towns
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
With graduates of higher education at 33%, Venansault is ahead of 60% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 20th oldest of 41 French towns of 4,720 to 4,804 people
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 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (36.3), the oldest Salies-de-Béarn (57.6).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Venansault are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venansault | 44.6 | 20% | 0.7% | 2.3% |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif 5,273 · 3.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| La Roche-sur-Yon 54,849 · 4.6 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 3.7% | 7.8% |
| Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux 7,191 · 5 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 1.7% | 2% |
| Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups 2,585 · 5.5 mi | 40.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie 8,649 · 5.6 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Aizenay 10,365 · 5.7 mi | 40.3 | 18% | 1.3% | 1.6% |
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 Venansault
What is the population of Venansault?
4,757 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (4,580).
How old are Venansault’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venansault?
14, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venansault?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venansault?
€27,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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