Flats: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Vix’s population at 1,835, in 790 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6% of the total. Fewer households in social housing than in 87% of compared French towns: 4.9%.
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 growth than 58% of compared French towns: Vix changed by +3% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +3%.
A median age of 47.7: Vix is older than 73% 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
■ Vix 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7.6% of households are single parents, below 85% 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
One-person households make up 32%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.2 people. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of second homes than 82% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At 9.6%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,060 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 €24,060 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Only 3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Vix
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 21% in Vix and 14% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person, more than in 82% of compared French towns. 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 63% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 50% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.6% of residents are immigrants in Vix.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
48% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 97% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Vix has 27%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,835 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Vix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vix | 47.7 | 27% | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 6.5 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Marans 4,476 · 7.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 7.5 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Benet 4,089 · 12.2 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 14.1 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 14.8 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
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 Vix
What is the population of Vix?
1,835 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,784).
How old are Vix’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vix?
63, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vix?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vix?
€24,060 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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