Flats: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 7.1% in Vernix and 14% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 154 people lived in the town, in 67 households. Across Vernix, 3% of households have no car. Single-parent households are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Vernix
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vernix, 13% of its 85 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vernix had 167 residents at the 2012 census and 154 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. The figure for empty homes is 7.8% in Vernix and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Vernix’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vernix 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Vernix is 43.3, lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,410 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.
At €23,410 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Vernix, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 68% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, below 79% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 61% of compared French towns: 3.3%. Measured more widely, 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 71% 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
26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 18% in Vernix, less than in 55% 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
Vernix has more graduates of higher education than 54% of compared French towns, at 31%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (154 to 2,582 people), the 12th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Vernix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernix | 43.3 | 20% | 13% | 3.3% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 6.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 7.2 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 7.2 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 8.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 10.4 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 10.9 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
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 Vernix
What is the population of Vernix?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (167).
How old are Vernix’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vernix?
11, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vernix?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vernix?
€23,410 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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