Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Vouziers is over 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Vouziers comes in at 2.5%. For Vouziers, the census puts couples with children at 16%. Households without a car are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. 3,825 residents in 1,950 households: that is Vouziers at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Vouziers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vouziers had 4,490 residents at the 2012 census and 3,825 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vouziers’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 480 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Vouziers’ households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 31% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−15% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −12%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Vouziers sits above 94% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (35%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vouziers 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Vouziers. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 47% in Vouziers, more than in 89% 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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.8 people each. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Vouziers has fewer single-parent households than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 8.1%.
Empty homes: 19%, a higher share than 99% 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
Two in five homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.3% of homes are second homes in Vouziers. More households in social housing than in 74% of compared French towns: 19%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,360 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 Vouziers is €22,360 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 25.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 82% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Vouziers, 0.8%. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% 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.
Fewer married residents than 76% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Here, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Vouziers, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 3,793 to 3,855 people
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 38.6 in Argonay to 68.1 in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer.
Vouziers and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouziers | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 16.6 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
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 Vouziers
What is the population of Vouziers?
3,825 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (4,490).
How old are Vouziers’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vouziers?
57, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vouziers?
INSEE counts 71 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vouziers?
€22,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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