Flats: 1.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (19%), Vadencourt is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. On the census count, 6.5% of households are single parents. This Aisne town has more second homes than 78% of compared French towns, at 5.4%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 505, in 230 households.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Vadencourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vadencourt had 598 residents at the 2012 census and 505 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 37 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vadencourt’s population moved −16% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 Aisne town −4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −10%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Vadencourt is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vadencourt 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 24%, a lower share than 56% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 8.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. The share of households without a car is 9.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €21,320 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.
Living standards centre on €21,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Vadencourt sits above 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (38%)
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
Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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.
2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 81% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 adults with no qualification at 33%, Vadencourt is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 505 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).
Around Vadencourt, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vadencourt | 47.4 | 24% | 5.4% | 3.2% |
| Guise 4,490 · 3.1 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 6.6 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 7 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 12.2 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 13.7 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Landrecies 3,407 · 14.5 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
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 Vadencourt
What is the population of Vadencourt?
505 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (598).
How old are Vadencourt’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vadencourt?
15, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vadencourt?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vadencourt?
€21,320 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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