A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Vulaines has 1%. Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are one person living alone. With a median age of 46.3, Vulaines is older than 65% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 226 people lived here, in 100 households.
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 Vulaines
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vulaines, 10% of its 130 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 79% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 10%, a higher share than 88% 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households have no car here. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 13% of homes stand empty.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 83% 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 −4%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of compared French towns: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vulaines 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For Vulaines, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Vulaines ranks above 92% of compared French towns on couples with children: 35%
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
The figure for single-parent households is 4.7% in Vulaines and 10% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,250 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,250 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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 14% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Vulaines. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.8%, a lower share than 65% 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 median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 3% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 91% of compared French towns
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Vulaines. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vulaines
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
Adults with no qualification: 23%, above 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (226 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vulaines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulaines | 46.3 | 23% | 10% | 4.8% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 4.8 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 15.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 15.4 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 16.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 16.6 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Paron 4,834 · 17.3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 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 Vulaines
What is the population of Vulaines?
226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (234).
How old are Vulaines’ residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vulaines?
13, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vulaines?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vulaines?
€24,250 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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