In Vaucelles, 37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 2.6% of households have no car in Vaucelles. The town had 599 residents in 240 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats is 3.2%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Vaucelles
Growing fast
Vaucelles had 366 residents at the 2012 census and 599 in 2023, up 64%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.6% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 99% of compared French towns: Vaucelles changed by +64% since 2012
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 change was +24% from 2012 to 2017 and +32% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Calvados town +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Vaucelles, more than in 82% 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
■ Vaucelles 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Vaucelles’s residents are over 46.1, older than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Vaucelles, 20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns.
Second homes make up 6.5% in Vaucelles, more than in 82% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 5.1% in Vaucelles. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 8.4%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,620 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 €29,620 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Vaucelles, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 75% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13%, above 69% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of residents are immigrants
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%; Vaucelles has 0.5%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 41% in Vaucelles, more than in 82% 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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 599 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vaucelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaucelles | 46.1 | 23% | 6.5% | 1.1% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 1.1 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 7.3 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 11 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 12.3 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 12.9 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 14.4 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
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 Vaucelles
What is the population of Vaucelles?
599 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 64% more than in 2012 (366).
How old are Vaucelles’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaucelles?
17, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaucelles?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaucelles?
€29,620 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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