48.4median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Vaudrey sits below 96% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6%)

Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Vaudrey is home to 355 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census. 15% of homes are flats, or about one in seven. Here 5.6% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.

−9%residents since 2012 19%aged 65 or older 2%immigrants 170households

Throughout this page, the Jura 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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Vaudrey

−9%residents since 2012 (France median +5%)

Fewer residents than in 2012

Vaudrey had 391 residents at the 2012 census and 355 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

Since 2012, Vaudrey has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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.

Census 2012

391

residents

Census 2017

373

residents

Census 2023

355

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Vaudrey−9%

Jura median−4%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Vaudrey−5%

Jura median−4%

France median+2%

The first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, −5%.

Ages

A median age of 48.4: Vaudrey is older than 76% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

Under 1514%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6434%

65 and over19%

of whom 80 and over6.6%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Vaudrey 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.

Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Vaudrey.

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Vaudrey

Jura median

France median

WomenMen

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Households

In Vaudrey, 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% 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.

One person 33%Couple, no children 32%Couple with children 25%Single parent 6%Several people, not a family 2.9%

Against the Jura median and the France median

Vaudrey

Jura median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

One-person households33%

Residents 65+ living alone33%

0%30%60%

Each household has 2.1 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 25%, couples with children sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

9.7% of homes stand empty, more than in 78% 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

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

Main residences86%

Second homes4%

Empty9.7%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Vaudrey

Jura median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

No car5.6%

One car43%

Two or more52%

0%30%60%

The share of second homes tops 71% of compared French towns: 4%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 8.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more.

Income

Standard of living at the median: €25,090 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.

Median standard of living

€25,090

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Jura €24,890 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Living standards centre on €25,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Vaudrey: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 73% of compared French towns

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

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

Retired34%

Managers and professionals8.7%

Intermediate occupations18%

Clerical and service workers5.9%

Manual workers18%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners13%

Farmers0%

Others not working3.1%

0%20%40%

Unemployment rate

6.4%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

180

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

8.7% of Vaudrey’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). Measured more widely, 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).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Immigrants: 2%, a lower share than 92% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.9% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

Immigrants2%

Foreign nationals1.9%

0%5%10%

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.

4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.9% in Vaudrey. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Vaudrey ranks below 76% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%

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

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

Married43%

In a civil partnership (PACS)3.8%

Living together, unmarried19%

Single22%

Divorced5.5%

Widowed6.4%

0%25%50%

43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.

Qualifications

Fewer graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns: 27%

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

VaudreyJura medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)20%

Brevet5.8%

CAP or BEP (vocational)30%

Baccalauréat17%

Bac+213%

Bac+3 or bac+49.6%

Bac+5 or more4.9%

0%20%40%

A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

41 French towns of 355 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Vaudrey 48.4

VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe

365064

Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).

Neighbors

Of the 6 towns nearest Vaudrey, 1 are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

ArboisDolePolignyTavauxDamparisSaint-VitVaudrey

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Vaudrey	48.4	19%	4%	2%
Arbois 3,114 · 8.8 mi	55	35%	6.1%	5.1%
Dole 23,840 · 9.8 mi	47.1	27%	2%	13%
Poligny 3,976 · 10.5 mi	46.4	28%	5.2%	7.6%
Tavaux 3,888 · 10.8 mi	47.8	25%	0.8%	4.4%
Damparis 2,587 · 11.7 mi	46.5	23%	0.8%	3.7%
Saint-Vit 5,133 · 16.8 mi	43.1	22%	1.2%	5.8%

More about Vaudrey

Health, work, housing and schools

HealthDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commuteJobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of livingHome prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Vaudrey

What is the population of Vaudrey?

355 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (391).

How old are Vaudrey’s residents?

The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Vaudrey?

8, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Vaudrey?

INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Vaudrey?

€25,090 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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