A lower share of flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Vitry-en-Perthois comes in at 40%. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households are single parents. This Marne town had 863 residents in 390 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 27% here.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 78% of compared French towns grew faster than Vitry-en-Perthois: −2%
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Marne town −2%.
Vitry-en-Perthois is older than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vitry-en-Perthois 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Vitry-en-Perthois has 8.8%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Vitry-en-Perthois, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 73% 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 average household has 2.2 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 31%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Only 6.2% of households have no car in Vitry-en-Perthois
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
7.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car. Lower than in 72% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). Second homes: 1%, below 82% of compared French towns.
At the median, €26,930 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €26,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 73% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
In Vitry-en-Perthois, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2% in Vitry-en-Perthois, less than in 92% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.6%), Vitry-en-Perthois is below 84% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents make up 17% in Vitry-en-Perthois, 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
Married residents: 52% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 73% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Vitry-en-Perthois. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (863 to 2,582 people), the 14th oldest
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Vitry-en-Perthois
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitry-en-Perthois | 49.5 | 27% | 1% | 2% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 2.2 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 16.9 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 Vitry-en-Perthois
What is the population of Vitry-en-Perthois?
863 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (882).
How old are Vitry-en-Perthois’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vitry-en-Perthois?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vitry-en-Perthois?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vitry-en-Perthois?
€26,930 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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