In Vouhé, 0.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 2.3% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. For Vouhé, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 3%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24. In 2023, the Census found 356 residents in the town, living in 160 households.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Vouhé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vouhé had 378 residents at the 2012 census and 356 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Vouhé: −6%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%.
Vouhé is younger than 53% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vouhé 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Vouhé.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Vouhé sits below 71% of compared French towns for one-person households (31%)
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 9%, a higher share than 87% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
A median standard of living of €24,120 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.
At €24,120 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Only 5.8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Vouhé
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 retired person: 37%, above 73% of compared French towns. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 93% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.3%), Vouhé is below 88% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vouhé sits below 74% of compared French towns for married residents (39%)
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
The share of single residents stands at 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Vouhé sits below 72% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Vouhé, about two in ten. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Vouhé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouhé | 43.6 | 22% | 9% | 1.9% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 6.2 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 7.4 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 10.2 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 13.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 13.8 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Chauray 7,221 · 15.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.2% |
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 Vouhé
What is the population of Vouhé?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (378).
How old are Vouhé’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vouhé?
18, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vouhé?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vouhé?
€24,120 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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