Vieux sits above 98% of compared French towns for couples with children (39%)
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Vieux, 2.4%. Here, 1.4% of households have no car. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. This Calvados town had 727 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census.
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 Vieux
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 10% 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 +2% change since 2012: slower than 63% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Calvados. Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 70% 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
■ Vieux 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.1, Vieux is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are one person living alone, below 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
Average household size: 2.5 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Vieux ranks below 95% of compared French towns on flats: 5.2%
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
3.6% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Flats: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Second homes account for 2%.
Standard of living at the median: €28,980 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.
The median standard of living in Vieux is €28,980 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Vieux: 36% of households are headed by a retired person, above 67% 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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.7%, a lower share than 95% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Vieux. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, just over half of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 9.3% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 make up 45%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 727 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vieux sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux | 42.1 | 19% | 2% | 1.7% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 2.7 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 2.8 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Verson 4,059 · 3.4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Louvigny 2,612 · 3.8 mi | 46.1 | 26% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Fleury-sur-Orne 5,941 · 4 mi | 36.3 | 17% | 1.2% | 7.6% |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon 4,494 · 4.3 mi | 43.6 | 26% | 0.8% | 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 Vieux
What is the population of Vieux?
727 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (715).
How old are Vieux’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vieux?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vieux?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vieux?
€28,980 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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