Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM)
40% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Vermand had 1,104 residents in 470 households at the 2023 census. Here, 4.2% of homes are flats. More couples with children than in four fifths of compared French towns: 31%.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 53% of compared French towns grew faster than Vermand: +4%
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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vermand 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Vermand is 45, higher than in 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 87% 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
By its share of single-parent households (11%), Vermand is above 60% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
Households without a car: 8.2%, a lower share than 65% 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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 6.1% of homes stand empty. Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%.
Half above, half below €24,550 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,550 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Vermand sits below 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.3%)
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2% in Vermand, less than in 92% of compared French towns
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
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 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vermand
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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,104 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vermand
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermand | 45 | 23% | 2.4% | 2% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 6.5 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 7 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Ham 4,378 · 9.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 10.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 12.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 15.4 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
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 Vermand
What is the population of Vermand?
1,104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,061).
How old are Vermand’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vermand?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vermand?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vermand?
€24,550 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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