Below 99% of compared French towns: 3% of homes are flats
3.4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Vinay is home to 535 residents in 240 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 6.5%. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 4.1% here, fewer than in 92% 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.
What stands out about the people of Vinay
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vinay had 571 residents at the 2012 census and 535 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vinay changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 92% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Marne town −2%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Vinay is over 49.1, older than 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
■ Vinay 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of Vinay’s residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Marne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 18% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
4.2% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. 33% of households are couples with children, or about one in three. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Vinay ranks above 74% of compared French towns on empty homes: 9.3%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Second homes: 1.9%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €32,010 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 €32,010 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 68% of compared French towns: 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 17%, Vinay is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vinay sits below 78% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.1%)
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 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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 single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Vinay is above four fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Vinay, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 62% 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
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 535 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vinay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinay | 49.1 | 26% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 3.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 6.1 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 8.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 12.3 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 15.2 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 15.9 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
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 Vinay
What is the population of Vinay?
535 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (571).
How old are Vinay’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vinay?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vinay?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vinay?
€32,010 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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