One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Voharies has 17%. This Aisne town is home to 70 residents in 28 households, by the 2023 Census. For Voharies, the census puts households without a car at 4.2%. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 95% 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 Voharies
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Voharies, 11% of its 37 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 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.
Second homes: 11%, a higher share than 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Voharies, the census puts empty homes at 13%.
Voharies changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 64% 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 +6% and the next six −4%.
Voharies is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Voharies 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
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%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Voharies has 20%. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: farmers (60%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Voharies (3.4%). 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 59% of residents 15 and over are married
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
By its share of single residents (24%), Voharies is below 61% of compared French towns. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Voharies has 23%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (70 to 2,582 people), the 13th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Voharies
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voharies | 50.5 | 20% | 11% | 3.4% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 6 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Guise 4,490 · 10.9 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 15.7 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 15.9 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Laon 24,220 · 17.1 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 17.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
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 Voharies
What is the population of Voharies?
70 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (69).
How old are Voharies’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Voharies?
4, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Voharies?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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