Vendémian sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.6%)
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are couples with children here. 8.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. Vendémian counted 1,149 residents and 510 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 6.1% of households have no car.
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.
+7% since 2012, a pace 58% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over those years, the median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +9% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 65% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vendémian 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 55% of compared French towns: 10%. The wider picture: 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: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 68% 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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
A town of second homes: 2.9% of its homes
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 13%. At 7.4%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 58% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,450 a year per consumption unit
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 Vendémian’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Vendémian sits below 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (24%)
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Vendémian has 17%. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: 8.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2% in Vendémian and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 74% 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
Married residents: 45%, above 69% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Vendémian sits below 68% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vendémian is younger than 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendémian | 44.2 | 20% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Canet 3,619 · 4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 4.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 5.4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 5.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Villeveyrac 3,972 · 6 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.1% |
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 Vendémian
What is the population of Vendémian?
1,149 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,076).
How old are Vendémian’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendémian?
16, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendémian?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendémian?
€25,450 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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