Second homes make up 47% in Vendres, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 4.5%, below 92% of compared French towns. Vendres has fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.4%. 2,616 residents in 1,140 households: that is Vendres at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (27%).
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 Vendres
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vendres, 47% of its 2,440 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 92% 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, 9.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 14% have stayed 30 years or more. At 6.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
+3% since 2012: slower than 58% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +13% in Hérault. Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Vendres is over 49.1, older than 79% 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
■ Vendres 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6%, below 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Vendres
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
28% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households make up about one in eight here (12%).
A median standard of living of €24,780 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 median standard of living in Vendres is €24,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 16.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Only 8.8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Vendres
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 retired person: 35% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 12%. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 2.7% in Vendres, less than in 69% 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.
5.1% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Vendres, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 73% 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 account for 44%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Vendres has 16%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,589 to 2,641
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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Vendres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendres | 49.1 | 27% | 47% | 5.1% |
| Sauvian 5,608 · 2 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Sérignan 8,588 · 2.1 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 21% | 6.3% |
| Valras-Plage 4,432 · 3 mi | 67 | 54% | 70% | 6.3% |
| Lespignan 3,414 · 3.2 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 7% | 5.1% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers 4,500 · 4.4 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 8.1% | 7.3% |
| Cers 2,503 · 5.4 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 6% |
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 Vendres
What is the population of Vendres?
2,616 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,542).
How old are Vendres’ residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendres?
1,150, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendres?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 71 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendres?
€24,780 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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