Photo: Circhirello Eddy · CC BY-SA 3.0In Vendargues, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 84% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Vendargues comes in at 6.2%. The town had 7,262 residents in 3,240 households at the 2023 Census. Across Vendargues, 0.9% of homes are second homes. On one-person households, Vendargues sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 32%.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Vendargues
Growing fast
Vendargues had 5,987 residents at the 2012 census and 7,262 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +21% since 2012 puts Vendargues ahead of 92% 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 +4%; 2017 to 2023, +17%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%.
Half of Vendargues is under 42.5, younger than 62% 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
■ Vendargues 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vendargues, 10% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On residents aged 65 and over, Vendargues sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 20%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 28%, a higher share than 63% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 11%, above 69% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
36% of homes are flats, more than in 59% 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
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. About one in ten: that is how common households in social housing are in Vendargues (9.9%). Empty homes are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,410 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 74% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 10.0%.
Vendargues sits below 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.9%)
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Vendargues, 7.5% of residents are immigrants, more than in 57% 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 Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns. On the census count, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. As a reference point, 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.
Vendargues ranks below 58% of compared French towns on married residents: 42%
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
Across Vendargues, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Vendargues, 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 86% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Vendargues. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 7,183 to 7,341 people, the 20th 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 Courdimanche (36), the youngest, and Perros-Guirec (62.4), the oldest.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vendargues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendargues | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Aunès 4,530 · 1.3 mi | 40 | 17% | 0.8% | 7.6% |
| Castries 6,883 · 1.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Le Crès 9,226 · 1.8 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 1.2% | 6.8% |
| Baillargues 7,829 · 2.1 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 2.8% | 7.5% |
| Teyran 4,787 · 2.8 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Jacou 6,924 · 2.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 9.4% |
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 Vendargues
What is the population of Vendargues?
7,262 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (5,987).
How old are Vendargues’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendargues?
32, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendargues?
INSEE counts 540 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendargues?
€28,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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