Vanosc ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 2.5%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Vanosc has 8.9%. The town had 907 residents in 410 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 28: 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). Couples with children are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Vanosc
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vanosc, 14% of its 530 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vanosc: 14% of homes are second homes, above 90% 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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Vanosc comes in at 6.9%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 9.1% here.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 74% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Vanosc is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vanosc 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Vanosc and 22% in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 7.3% in Vanosc, less than in 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Higher than in 58% of compared French towns: 37% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
Half above, half below €24,580 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,580 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person in Vanosc. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
Here 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. By way of 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.
More single residents than 52% of compared French towns: 26%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Above 56% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education account for 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (907 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vanosc is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanosc | 49.3 | 26% | 14% | 1.5% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 5.1 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 5.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 6 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 7.7 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 8.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Dunières 2,670 · 10 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.1% |
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 Vanosc
What is the population of Vanosc?
907 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (916).
How old are Vanosc’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vanosc?
72, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vanosc?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vanosc?
€24,580 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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