Vendrennes: 36% of households are couples with children, above 94% of compared French towns
4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In 2023, the Census found 1,799 residents in Vendrennes, living in 730 households. For Vendrennes, the census puts flats at 2.6%. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.4% here, fewer than in 85% 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.
What stands out about the people of Vendrennes
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 5.5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Vendrennes’ residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Vendrennes ahead of 81% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vendée town +9%.
Vendrennes ranks below 94% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vendrennes 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Vendrennes is 38.6, lower than in 86% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
5.5% of households are single parents, below 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Vendrennes, 27%. On average, 2.5 people share a household. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Vendrennes ranks below 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 2.6%
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
4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Vendrennes sits higher than 60% of compared French towns: 2.9%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,120 a year to live on
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 Vendrennes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,120 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Vendrennes sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (42%)
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 Vendrennes comes in at 24%. 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 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Vendrennes
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% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 94% 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.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 49% 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
The figure for single residents is 21% in Vendrennes and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Put another way, about one in six: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Vendrennes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendrennes | 38.6 | 14% | 2.9% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Fulgent 3,994 · 3.3 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1% | 5.5% |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 4.3 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 5.8 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Essarts-en-Bocage 6,851 · 6.6 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Chauché 2,613 · 7.1 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers 3,726 · 7.4 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
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 Vendrennes
What is the population of Vendrennes?
1,799 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,568).
How old are Vendrennes’ residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendrennes?
22, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendrennes?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendrennes?
€26,120 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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