In Venizel, 32% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 0.2% of the total. More couples with children than in 77% of compared French towns: 30%. Venizel had 1,324 residents in 570 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Venizel
Social housing
32% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 9% rent privately and 58% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 76% of compared French towns grew faster than Venizel: −1%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aisne town −4%.
Venizel is younger than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Venizel 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Here, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Venizel
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 make up 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Households without a car make up 13% in Venizel, more than in 61% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 7.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 7%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,590 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 €22,590 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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
On the census count, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 3.1% in Venizel and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 66% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Venizel comes in at 41%. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 85% 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
Adults with no qualification: 24% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,324 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Venizel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venizel | 41.6 | 19% | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 2.2 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 2.9 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 3.1 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 3.6 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 12.6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 13.4 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
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 Venizel
What is the population of Venizel?
1,324 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,343).
How old are Venizel’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venizel?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venizel?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venizel?
€22,590 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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