Cissé sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1%)
By its share of one-person households (23%), Cissé is below 98% of compared French towns. On households in social housing, Cissé sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 2%. The town is home to 2,869 residents in 1,190 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 2.9% of homes stand empty here.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Cissé
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Cissé outgrew 67% of compared French towns: +9%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cissé 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Cissé is below 63% of compared French towns. What’s more, with a median age of 42.7, Cissé is younger than three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 94% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Cissé, 4.2%. Each household has 2.4 people on average. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 2.1% in Cissé, less 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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.5% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €28,430 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €28,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns. 4.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 8%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.1% in Cissé. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Cissé
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 married residents is 46% in Cissé and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 share of graduates of higher education is 42%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th 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.
The youngest is Colombier-Saugnieu (40.3), the oldest L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île (66.6).
Cissé is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cissé | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 2.7 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Migné-Auxances 6,285 · 3.4 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.6% | 6% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 3.5 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard 6,290 · 4.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.6% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 5.1 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou 4,743 · 5.7 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 6.3% | 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 Cissé
What is the population of Cissé?
2,869 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,624).
How old are Cissé’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cissé?
32, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cissé?
INSEE counts 66 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cissé?
€28,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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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