Vellerot-lès-Vercel is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.3
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Vellerot-lès-Vercel comes in at 17%. The town had 65 residents in 29 households at the 2023 census. 5.6% of homes are flats. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Vellerot-lès-Vercel
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vellerot-lès-Vercel, 11% of its 36 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Vellerot-lès-Vercel had 48 residents at the 2012 census and 65 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Vellerot-lès-Vercel’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 54% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Vellerot-lès-Vercel’s residents are under 37.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 20% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Vellerot-lès-Vercel has 8.3%.
From 2012 to 2023, Vellerot-lès-Vercel outgrew 98% of compared French towns: +35%
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 Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +40% and the next six −3%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 65% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vellerot-lès-Vercel 37.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Vellerot-lès-Vercel. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Vellerot-lès-Vercel, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Vellerot-lès-Vercel comes in at 17%. Average household size: 2.2 people. Single-parent households are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Vellerot-lès-Vercel 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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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: 29% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 9.1%, a lower share than 97% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 65 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Vellerot-lès-Vercel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vellerot-lès-Vercel | 37.3 | 20% | 11% | 0% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 8.2 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 8.6 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 14.4 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 14.4 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 14.8 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 15.5 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
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 Vellerot-lès-Vercel
What is the population of Vellerot-lès-Vercel?
65 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (48).
How old are Vellerot-lès-Vercel’s residents?
The median age is 37.3, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vellerot-lès-Vercel?
4, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vellerot-lès-Vercel?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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