A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 27%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 147 residents in Vervant, living in 71 households. Single-parent households: 13% of the total. 5.1% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 ±0% change since 2012: slower than 70% 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 −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Vervant is under 41.4, younger 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
■ Vervant 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Vervant is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 12%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Vervant sits below 74% of compared French towns for couples with children (20%)
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Vervant, 40% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
7% of households have no car, fewer than in 73% 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
Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes: 5.1% of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,020 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 €24,020 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 33%, a higher share than 55% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 69% of compared French towns: 2.7%. Typically, 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.
Vervant ranks below 81% of compared French towns on married residents: 38%
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
Single residents are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 73% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 147 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Vervant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vervant | 41.4 | 20% | 5.1% | 2.7% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 4.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 9.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 9.5 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Brie 4,125 · 9.9 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 10.9 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 11.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
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 Vervant
What is the population of Vervant?
147 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (147).
How old are Vervant’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vervant?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vervant?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vervant?
€24,020 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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