Photo: Bonachera jf · CC BY-SA 4.0More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
Empty homes: 2.2% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For Ventiseri, the census puts flats at 13%. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.2, younger than in 78% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 2,629 residents and 1,090 households in the town.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Corse 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 Ventiseri
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 390 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ventiseri, 25% of its 1,510 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 78% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 6% in Ventiseri, less than in 80% 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
In the last two years, 12% of households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A +12% change since 2012: Ventiseri grew faster than 74% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +5%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 80% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ventiseri 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Ventiseri ranks above 84% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 13%
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 Haute-Corse median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of couples with children (28%), Ventiseri is above two thirds of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 30%.
A median standard of living of €25,830 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Only 26% of households are headed by a retired person in Ventiseri
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 5.9%, Ventiseri is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 10% here, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.6% in Ventiseri, less than in 77% 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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.4% in Ventiseri. The usual figure: 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.
A larger share of single residents than 69% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Ventiseri, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
For Ventiseri, the census puts graduates of higher education at 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,600 to 2,658 people, the 2nd youngest
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 Bourguébus (34.6), the youngest, and Longeville-sur-Mer (62.9), the oldest.
Ventiseri is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventiseri | 40.2 | 17% | 25% | 3.6% |
| Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo 3,880 · 4.3 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 23% | 12% |
| Ghisonaccia 4,405 · 6.3 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 47% | 24% |
| Zonza 2,989 · 16.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 65% | 13% |
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 Ventiseri
What is the population of Ventiseri?
2,629 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (2,357).
How old are Ventiseri’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ventiseri?
390, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ventiseri?
INSEE counts 95 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ventiseri?
€25,830 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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