Flats make up 2.6% in Vertheuil, less than in 99% of compared French towns
With a median age of 48.7, Vertheuil is older than 78% of compared French towns. 3.8% of households have no car, or about one in 26. This Gironde town had 1,339 residents in 560 households at the 2023 census. Here 28% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
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.
Vertheuil grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 59% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% in Vertheuil, less than in 88% 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
■ Vertheuil 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
8.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 75% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of households are couples with children.
A higher share of second homes than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The figure for empty homes is 8.7% in Vertheuil and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,220 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,220 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5%, a lower share than 85% of compared French towns
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 share of households headed by a manual worker tops 87% of compared French towns: 21%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Vertheuil (34%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 59% of compared French towns: 5.5%
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 nearly three fifths of compared French towns. 4.1% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 24. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
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 72% of compared French towns: 23%
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 Vertheuil, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 25%, Vertheuil is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,339 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Vertheuil, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertheuil | 48.7 | 27% | 5.9% | 5.5% |
| Lesparre-Médoc 5,872 · 5.4 mi | 50 | 29% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Pauillac 5,190 · 5.7 mi | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc 4,914 · 7.5 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 3% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 11.6 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Hourtin 4,045 · 11.7 mi | 53 | 33% | 44% | 3.4% |
| Listrac-Médoc 2,807 · 12.2 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
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 Vertheuil
What is the population of Vertheuil?
1,339 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,251).
How old are Vertheuil’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vertheuil?
39, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vertheuil?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vertheuil?
€25,220 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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