4.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a retired person at 51%, Vanvey is ahead of 98% of compared French towns on that count. The town counted 243 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. 5.6% of homes are flats, or about one in 18. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Vanvey
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vanvey, 10% of its 180 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 43 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Vanvey’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Vanvey, 24% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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 8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 38% who have been there 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes come to 10% in Vanvey, about one in ten. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 12%, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
Vanvey grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 72% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 51: Vanvey is older than 86% 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
■ Vanvey 51. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over two in five households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Couples with children account for 19%.
€20,990 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.
At €20,990 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Vanvey ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3%
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 69% of compared French towns: 9.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 6.8%, above 68% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 17% in Vanvey, less than in 99% 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
Married residents: 51%, above 94% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Vanvey ranks below 98% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 14%
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
With adults with no qualification at 39%, Vanvey is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 243 to 2,582 people, the 11th oldest
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.
Vanvey and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanvey | 51 | 27% | 10% | 9.7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 6.5 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
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 Vanvey
What is the population of Vanvey?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (219).
How old are Vanvey’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vanvey?
18, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vanvey?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vanvey?
€20,990 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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