Second homes make up 23% in Vogüé, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.8%, below 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,040 residents in Vogüé, living in 530 households. The census found that 14% of households are single parents here. With a median age of 48.1, Vogüé is older than three quarters 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 Vogüé
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vogüé, 23% of its 750 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% 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.
Fewer flats than 68% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 16% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 15% (under two years). Vogüé has fewer households in social housing than 58% of compared French towns, at 11%. By its share of households without a car (10%), Vogüé is below 53% of compared French towns.
Vogüé grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 68% 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
In two steps, +14% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Ardèche.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.7%, a lower share than 70% 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
■ Vogüé 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 19%, a lower share than 77% 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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Just over two in five households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 75% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,950 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 Vogüé is €23,950 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 90% of compared French towns: 22%
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
35% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
Vogüé ranks below 63% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 3.1%
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.
That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. The share of immigrants stands at 5.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 36% of residents 15 and over are married in Vogüé
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 other places, single residents are common here: 26%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 65% 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
With adults with no qualification at 17%, Vogüé is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,040 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Vogüé, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vogüé | 48.1 | 23% | 23% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 4.1 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 4.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 5.3 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 8.8 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 13.1 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 13.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
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 Vogüé
What is the population of Vogüé?
1,040 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (950).
How old are Vogüé’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vogüé?
170, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vogüé?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vogüé?
€23,950 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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