A median age of 36.5: Vers is younger than 93% of compared French towns
2.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Vers had 975 residents in 410 households at the 2023 Census. In Vers, 7.6% of homes are second homes. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 2.3% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Haute-Savoie 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 Vers
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Vers had 742 residents at the 2012 census and 975 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Vers’ residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 200 immigrants in Vers (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Haute-Savoie. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vers grew +31% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 97% 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 +20%; 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Savoie town +14%.
Vers ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vers 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). 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-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Vers: 36% of households are couples with children, above 95% 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 Haute-Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. By its share of single-parent households (11%), Vers is above 70% of compared French towns.
30% of homes are flats, more than in 50% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 16% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.6%.
€47,000 a year: the median standard of living
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 €47,000 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Vers sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (17%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 20% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vers sits above 89% of compared French towns for immigrants (17%)
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 Haute-Savoie has 13%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 89% of compared French towns. Across Vers, 16% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Vers, 46%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 46% in Vers, more than in 89% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 11% in Vers and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 975 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.
At the ends of the range sit Vers (36.5), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vers | 36.5 | 12% | 7.6% | 17% |
| Viry 5,809 · 2 mi | 35.9 | 12% | 6.4% | 26% |
| Valleiry 5,264 · 3 mi | 36.8 | 11% | 5.2% | 26% |
| Beaumont 3,097 · 4.1 mi | 37 | 11% | 4.9% | 22% |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois 16,222 · 4.5 mi | 35.4 | 13% | 5.7% | 30% |
| Cruseilles 5,376 · 5.8 mi | 36.3 | 15% | 3.9% | 8.1% |
| Collonges-sous-Salève 3,832 · 6.9 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 8.6% | 33% |
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 Vers
What is the population of Vers?
975 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (742).
How old are Vers’ residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vers?
37, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vers?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vers?
€47,000 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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