Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Vanlay is over 52
Households headed by a manual worker make up 7.4%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 284 residents in 130 households. In Vanlay, 4.3% of homes are flats. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Vanlay
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vanlay, 13% of its 190 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vanlay had 316 residents at the 2012 census and 284 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vanlay’s residents are under 52 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
15% of homes stand empty, more than in 95% 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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Vanlay has 9.7%. The town has fewer households without a car than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 6%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Vanlay, 13% of homes are second homes.
Vanlay changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −7%.
Vanlay ranks above 84% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vanlay 52. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 here. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 58% of compared French towns, at 37%
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,840 a year to live on
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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,840 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
48% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 96% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vanlay ranks below 98% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.7%
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.
2.1% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 54% of compared French towns: 43%
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
In Vanlay, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 81% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 284 to 2,582
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.
Vanlay is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanlay | 52 | 30% | 13% | 2.1% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 11.5 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 13.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 16.6 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 16.7 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 17.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 17.8 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
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 Vanlay
What is the population of Vanlay?
284 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (316).
How old are Vanlay’s residents?
The median age is 52, older than 89% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vanlay?
25, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vanlay?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vanlay?
€23,840 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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