2.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a retired person at 20%, Vauchelles is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 246 residents and 120 households here. About one in 24: that is how common flats are in Vauchelles (4.1%). Higher than in 78% of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Vauchelles
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vauchelles had 292 residents at the 2012 census and 246 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vauchelles’s population moved −16% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
Here the change came as −9% to 2017, then −7% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns: 7.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vauchelles 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Vauchelles. The median age here is 44.9, higher than in 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Vauchelles sits below 65% of compared French towns for one-person households (32%)
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
96% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. Few places have as many empty homes: 7% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,530 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.
Half of Vauchelles’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Vauchelles ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Foreign nationals make up 1.2% in Vauchelles, less than in 90% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Vauchelles has 3.2%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Vauchelles
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 trails three quarters of compared French towns: 39%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Vauchelles, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 74% 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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (246 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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).
Vauchelles is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauchelles | 44.9 | 17% | 2% | 3.2% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 1.8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 5.3 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 8.3 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 9.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 10.8 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Roye 5,833 · 11.2 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
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 Vauchelles
What is the population of Vauchelles?
246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (292).
How old are Vauchelles’ residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vauchelles?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vauchelles?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vauchelles?
€25,530 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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