Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
29% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Vanault-le-Châtel has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.9%. In 2023, the Census found 160 residents in the town, living in 70 households. For Vanault-le-Châtel, the census puts households without a car at 5.7%.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Vanault-le-Châtel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vanault-le-Châtel had 178 residents at the 2012 census and 160 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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 ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −10%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Marne town −2%.
In Vanault-le-Châtel, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 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
■ Vanault-le-Châtel 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Vanault-le-Châtel is 44.5, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Average household size: 2.3 people. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 36% in Vanault-le-Châtel.
Vanault-le-Châtel sits above 94% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Put another way, about one in 42: 2.4% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €26,880 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.
Living standards centre on €26,880 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Vanault-le-Châtel sits below 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (29%)
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 usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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 larger share of married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 52%
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Vanault-le-Châtel, 21%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
30% of adults hold a diploma above the bac
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
On the census count, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns.
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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 of 4 neighbors are older than Vanault-le-Châtel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanault-le-Châtel | 44.5 | 18% | 2.4% | 1.3% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 11.6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 16.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 17.3 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 17.6 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Vanault-le-Châtel
What is the population of Vanault-le-Châtel?
160 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (178).
How old are Vanault-le-Châtel’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vanault-le-Châtel?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vanault-le-Châtel?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vanault-le-Châtel?
€26,880 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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