A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
The figure for one-person households is 26% in Vendat and 35% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 1,010 households held 2,292 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 43% here, more than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Vendat
An older town
Half of Vendat’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+3% since 2012: slower than 59% 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 first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +3%.
Half of Vendat is over 51, older than 86% 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
■ Vendat 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 88% of compared French towns, at 7.3%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children here. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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: 0.8% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. About one in 20: that is how common empty homes are in Vendat (4.9%). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.2%, more than in 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,480 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 median standard of living in Vendat is €28,480 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns. 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
In Vendat, 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 70% 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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Vendat (15%). Set beside that, nearly one in ten 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).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, below 89% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Vendat and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Vendat sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (17%)
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 50% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
For Vendat, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,292 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Vendat are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendat | 51 | 29% | 3.2% | 2.3% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 4 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 4.3 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 4.5 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 4.7 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 5.4 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 6.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
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 Vendat
What is the population of Vendat?
2,292 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,234).
How old are Vendat’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendat?
35, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendat?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendat?
€28,480 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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