Fewer households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.5%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 341 residents in 140 households. Locally, 7% of residents are 15 to 24. The share of couples with children tops nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 31%.
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.
A +10% change since 2012: Vendes grew faster than 71% 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 change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Calvados town +1%.
Vendes is younger than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vendes 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Vendes has 20%.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 95% 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 2.4 people on average. 3.5% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 8% of homes are flats
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
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. 2.8% of homes are second homes, or about one in 36.
€24,800 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,800 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, on households headed by a retired person, Vendes sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 31%. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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 Vendes, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Vendes sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Vendes. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 79% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 31% in Vendes. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 341 to 2,582 people, the 6th youngest
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.
Older than Vendes: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendes | 41.4 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 5 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 5.6 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 6.5 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Verson 4,059 · 6.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 7.3 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 7.8 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
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 Vendes
What is the population of Vendes?
341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (309).
How old are Vendes’ residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendes?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendes?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendes?
€24,800 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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