Photo: Duduche11 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in social housing: 1.9%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
In Vinassan, 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 5.5% of households have no car, or about one in 18. With a median age of 48, Vinassan is older than nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The town had 2,662 residents in 1,210 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 52% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Vinassan 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Vinassan, less than in 82% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. On single-parent households, Vinassan sits lower than 63% of compared French towns: 9.2%. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Vinassan comes in at 26%.
A smaller share of flats than 78% of compared French towns: 15%
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 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Vinassan has 4.8%. More empty homes than in 56% of compared French towns: 7.2%. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,210 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,210 a year: higher than in 52% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 9.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a retired person make up 38% in Vinassan, more than in 77% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Vinassan comes in at 9.7%. To put it in context, 32% 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 4.8% in Vinassan.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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, 53% of residents 15 and over are married in Vinassan. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 69% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 30%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 34 in Roissy-en-France to 63.6 in Piriac-sur-Mer.
Older than Vinassan: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinassan | 48 | 24% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Coursan 5,737 · 2.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| Salles-d'Aude 3,369 · 3.2 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 15% | 4.4% |
| Fleury 4,246 · 3.7 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 76% | 5.2% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 3.9 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 4.9 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune 4,124 · 6.3 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 5.7% | 5.6% |
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 Vinassan
What is the population of Vinassan?
2,662 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,549).
How old are Vinassan’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vinassan?
66, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vinassan?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vinassan?
€26,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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