Void-Vacon ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 25%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Void-Vacon. Census day 2023: 1,599 residents and 740 households locally. In Void-Vacon, nearly one in ten households have no car. The median age here is 46.3, higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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.
Void-Vacon’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 84% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −8% for the median Meuse town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, a higher share than 61% 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
■ Void-Vacon 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9%, below 66% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 52% of compared French towns: 36%
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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Lower than in three fifths of compared French towns: 9.4% of households are single parents. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 61% of compared French towns: 9.9%
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
Just over a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.8% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 8% of homes stand empty. At 2.5%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,820 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 €25,820 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Void-Vacon
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, Void-Vacon has 1.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 88% 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
Census figures put married residents at 42% in Void-Vacon. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Void-Vacon, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 80% 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
Graduates of higher education: 23%, below 77% of compared French towns. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,599 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Void-Vacon sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Void-Vacon | 46.3 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 5.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Foug 2,628 · 8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 5.3% |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 11.1 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.9% | 4.2% |
| Toul 15,768 · 12.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 13.3 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 14.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 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 Void-Vacon
What is the population of Void-Vacon?
1,599 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,662).
How old are Void-Vacon’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Void-Vacon?
21, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Void-Vacon?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Void-Vacon?
€25,820 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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