36% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Vensac had 1,198 residents in 580 households at the 2023 Census. For Vensac, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.8%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Vensac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 340 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vensac, 36% of its 950 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Vensac had 932 residents at the 2012 census and 1,198 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vensac’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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 12% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 16% who have been there 30 years or more. In Vensac, 3.1% of homes stand empty.
From 2012 to 2023, Vensac outgrew 96% of compared French towns: +29%
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 +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +22%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Vensac is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vensac 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Vensac has 31%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.7% of households are single parents in Vensac
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of couples with children (22%), Vensac is below 64% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,760 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.
The median standard of living in Vensac is €25,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.3% of Vensac’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 41% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Vensac
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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 48% and 6.9%, and 7.1% are widowed. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Vensac comes in at 20%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,198 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).
Vensac is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vensac | 53.4 | 31% | 36% | 2.1% |
| Vendays-Montalivet 2,838 · 3.3 mi | 59 | 37% | 64% | 5.3% |
| Soulac-sur-Mer 3,100 · 8.1 mi | 63.7 | 47% | 68% | 2.8% |
| Lesparre-Médoc 5,872 · 8.9 mi | 50 | 29% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde 3,180 · 12.6 mi | 66.1 | 53% | 50% | 3.6% |
| Hourtin 4,045 · 14.7 mi | 53 | 33% | 44% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne 5,092 · 14.7 mi | 67.3 | 55% | 67% | 2.7% |
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 Vensac
What is the population of Vensac?
1,198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (932).
How old are Vensac’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vensac?
340, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vensac?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vensac?
€25,760 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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