Vassens sits above 98% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
Households headed by a manual worker make up 31%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Vassens had 172 residents in 66 households at the 2023 Census. Across Vassens, 1.5% of households have no car. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.4%, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Vassens
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vassens, 11% of its 80 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Vassens’ residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 11% in Vassens, more than in 89% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.2% of homes stand empty in Vassens. Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more.
Vassens changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 75% 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 Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −13% and the next six +14%.
A median age of 38.2: Vassens is younger than 88% 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
■ Vassens 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (18%), Vassens is below nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 23% of households are one person living alone in Vassens
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
Half above, half below €23,400 a year in standard of living
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 €23,400 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vassens sits below 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.1%)
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.
In Vassens, 5.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Vassens ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married and 5.8% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 3.6% are widowed. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Vassens ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (27%), Vassens is above 84% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 172 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Vassens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Vassens
What is the population of Vassens?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (174).
How old are Vassens’ residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vassens?
9, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vassens?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vassens?
€23,400 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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