Vraux: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
Flats: 0.5%, below 99% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. Vraux had 460 residents in 190 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 20: that is how common households without a car are in Vraux (5%).
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 Vraux
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vraux changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 83% 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
Over those years, the median Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Younger than 65% of compared French towns: half of Vraux is under 42.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vraux 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Vraux, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Just over one in ten households are single parents, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
Only 1% of homes are second homes in Vraux
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
4.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, 6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €31,100 a year in standard of living
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 Vraux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,100 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
In Vraux, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Vraux. Add to that, the town has fewer households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns, at 25%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Vraux has 0.2%. On average, 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.
Vraux ranks above 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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 single residents (22%), Vraux is below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Vraux
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (32%), Vraux is above 58% of compared French towns. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Vraux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vraux | 42.1 | 14% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 6.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 7.6 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 8.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 9.3 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 10.1 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 12.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
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 Vraux
What is the population of Vraux?
460 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (477).
How old are Vraux’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vraux?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vraux?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vraux?
€31,100 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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