More one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
27% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 54% of homes are flats. Vendôme counted 15,758 residents and 8,130 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person: 42% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Vendôme
Many people living alone
52% of Vendôme’s households are one person: higher than in 96% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vendôme had 17,024 residents at the 2012 census and 15,758 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vendôme’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 1,210 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vendôme changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, behind 94% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Loir-et-Cher.
Half of Vendôme is over 51.1, older than 86% 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
■ Vendôme 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vendôme, 31% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. For Vendôme, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 15%, a lower share than 90% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 8.9% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.8 people share a household.
Vendôme sits above 90% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 17% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 14% (under two years). At 22%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 87% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 3% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€23,820 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.
Half of Vendôme’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,820 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 20.0% of residents.
The largest group of households: retired (42%)
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
On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. At 14%, households headed by a manual worker sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 11%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Vendôme comes in at 9.1%. On average, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 30%, a higher share than 92% 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
Graduates of higher education: 26%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd oldest of 41 French towns of 15,317 to 16,280 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.
Ages run from 32.8 in Montévrain to 53.2 in Biscarrosse.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vendôme
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendôme | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 1.2 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 9.6 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 15.9 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 2.2% | 5.7% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 16.5 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 17 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 17.1 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
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 Vendôme
What is the population of Vendôme?
15,758 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (17,024).
How old are Vendôme’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendôme?
290, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendôme?
INSEE counts 1,750 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 1,430 foreign nationals (9.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendôme?
€23,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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