Flats: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 2.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Vavray-le-Grand had 176 residents in 81 households at the 2023 census. Empty homes make up about one in 42 here (2.4%). 6.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.
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.
Slower growth than 55% of compared French towns: Vavray-le-Grand changed by +4% since 2012
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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Marne town −2%.
Vavray-le-Grand ranks below 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vavray-le-Grand 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Vavray-le-Grand is 43.3, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 27%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 60% 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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
99% of homes are houses
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
Turnover: 6.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 30% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 2.4%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €28,640 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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,640 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 56%, a higher share than 99% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Vavray-le-Grand comes in at 12%. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 6.2%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Vavray-le-Grand are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 16% in Vavray-le-Grand, less than in 99% 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
The share of married residents tops 98% of compared French towns: 53%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 25%, a higher share than 78% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Vavray-le-Grand, 24%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 176 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vavray-le-Grand is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vavray-le-Grand | 43.3 | 27% | 2.4% | 0% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 7.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 15.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Vavray-le-Grand
What is the population of Vavray-le-Grand?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (170).
How old are Vavray-le-Grand’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vavray-le-Grand?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vavray-le-Grand?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Vavray-le-Grand?
€28,640 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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