Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2% in Vandoncourt, less than in 96% of compared French towns
4.3% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns. Vandoncourt counted 788 residents and 360 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 38%.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Vandoncourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vandoncourt had 841 residents at the 2012 census and 788 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vandoncourt’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Vandoncourt has changed by −6%, slower than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
A median age of 50.9: Vandoncourt 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
■ Vandoncourt 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Vandoncourt, 26%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Census figures put couples with children at 26% in Vandoncourt.
Vandoncourt ranks below 80% of compared French towns on households without a car: 6%
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
20% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. In Vandoncourt, 7.5% of homes stand empty.
€30,460 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.
Half of Vandoncourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 16% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
The census found that one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Vandoncourt. The wider picture: 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).
Fewer immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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 median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
The share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Vandoncourt sits below 66% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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 account for 31%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 788 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Vandoncourt is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandoncourt | 50.9 | 26% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 1.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 2.1 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 2.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 3.1 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 3.4 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 3.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
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 Vandoncourt
What is the population of Vandoncourt?
788 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (841).
How old are Vandoncourt’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vandoncourt?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vandoncourt?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vandoncourt?
€30,460 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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