Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.9% of households have no car
A fifth of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). There were 200 households in Versainville at the 2023 Census, home to 520 residents. Here, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 6.1% of homes are flats.
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 Versainville
Growing fast
Versainville had 417 residents at the 2012 census and 520 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +25% since 2012, faster than 94% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Calvados town, the change came in two steps: +12% from 2012 to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns: 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Versainville 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Versainville is 41.5, lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 34% in Versainville, more than in 89% 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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Single-parent households: a tenth of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
A higher share of empty homes than 81% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On second homes, 2% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,350 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,350 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Versainville, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. About one in six: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Versainville (17%). To put it in context, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
Here 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Versainville, less than in 71% 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: 36%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (520 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Versainville, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versainville | 41.5 | 18% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 1.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 10.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 12.6 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 13.4 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 14 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Argences 3,959 · 14.5 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
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 Versainville
What is the population of Versainville?
520 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (417).
How old are Versainville’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Versainville?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Versainville?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Versainville?
€27,350 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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