42% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Vaudesson has 1%. By contrast, this Aisne town has more households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 26%. The 2023 Census counted 237 residents in 96 households. Census figures put empty homes at 10% locally.
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 Vaudesson
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 16% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vaudesson had 257 residents at the 2012 census and 237 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Vaudesson’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 94% 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 change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and ±0% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aisne town −4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 96% 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
■ Vaudesson 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Vaudesson is 38.7, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are single parents, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
One-person households make up 26%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
In Vaudesson, 11% of homes are flats, fewer than in 85% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 1% of households have no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,950 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.
At €24,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Vaudesson. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Vaudesson
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
With single residents at 28%, Vaudesson is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vaudesson
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 237 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).
Vaudesson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaudesson | 38.7 | 13% | 2.7% | 2.5% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 7.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 8.8 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Laon 24,220 · 9.1 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 9.7 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 10 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 11.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
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 Vaudesson
What is the population of Vaudesson?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (257).
How old are Vaudesson’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaudesson?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaudesson?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaudesson?
€24,950 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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