Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of La Vancelle is over 53.3
Flats: 2.2%, below 99% of compared French towns. 5.2% of households have no car. La Vancelle has more households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns, at 20%. There were 180 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 402 residents.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 La Vancelle
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Vancelle, 15% of its 240 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Vancelle’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 91% 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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Empty homes: 10% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
La Vancelle grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 60% 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 median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ La Vancelle 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, La Vancelle has 23%. Against that, 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: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 23% of households are one person living alone in La Vancelle
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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 5.7% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 65% of compared French towns: 28%. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €34,360 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.
At €34,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
La Vancelle sits below 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (23%)
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
In La Vancelle, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
Immigrants: 3%, a lower share than 82% 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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; La Vancelle has 1.8%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 13%, a lower share than 99% 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
58% of residents 15 and over are married and 7.5% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 5.3% are widowed. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
La Vancelle sits below 96% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (9.5%)
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
Here 45% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 402 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.
La Vancelle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vancelle | 53.3 | 23% | 15% | 3% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 4.4 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 5.3 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 6.2 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 9.6% | 6.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 6.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 6.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 4,383 · 10.1 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 12% | 4.4% |
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 La Vancelle
What is the population of La Vancelle?
402 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (375).
How old are La Vancelle’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Vancelle?
34, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Vancelle?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Vancelle?
€34,360 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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