Flats: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With single-parent households at 6.4%, Vergeroux is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. 1,279 residents in 530 households: that is Vergeroux at the 2023 Census. Empty homes make up about one in 31 here (3.2%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 5.4%, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Vergeroux
Growing fast
Vergeroux had 1,052 residents at the 2012 census and 1,279 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +22% since 2012 puts Vergeroux ahead of 92% 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
In two steps, +15% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Only 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Vergeroux
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vergeroux 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, with a median age of 48.3, Vergeroux is older than 76% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
31% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 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
5.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 14% have been in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 0.2% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of homes are second homes in Vergeroux.
Median living standard: €28,290 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,290 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Vergeroux sits above 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (15%)
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
With households headed by a retired person at 34%, Vergeroux is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 96% 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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Vergeroux, 3.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents: 52%, a higher share than 97% 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
With single residents at 19%, Vergeroux is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Vergeroux sits below 93% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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: 38%, above three quarters of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,279 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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Vergeroux are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergeroux | 48.3 | 24% | 3.7% | 3.3% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 1.8 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| Soubise 3,316 · 3.4 mi | 32.5 | 20% | 3.2% | 1.8% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 4.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 4.6 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Fouras 4,148 · 5.2 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 45% | 2% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 6.8 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
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 Vergeroux
What is the population of Vergeroux?
1,279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (1,052).
How old are Vergeroux’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vergeroux?
21, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vergeroux?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vergeroux?
€28,290 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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