A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
One-person households make up 18%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 285 residents in 110 households. For Vez, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 16%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Vez
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vez, 11% of its 140 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vez had 314 residents at the 2012 census and 285 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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
The share of second homes is 11%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 4.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. 6.6% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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 +2% for the median Oise town, the change came in two steps: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
A median age of 48.1: Vez is older than 75% 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
■ Vez 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Vez and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 95% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Vez has fewer single-parent households than 65% of compared French towns, at 9.1%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
At the median, €26,680 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.
At €26,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 27%
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 account for 9.1%. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.8%, a lower share than 94% 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 Vez, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Single residents: 26% of the total. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Vez sits above 78% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (25%)
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Vez. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Vez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vez | 48.1 | 16% | 11% | 1.8% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 4 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crépy-en-Valois 14,351 · 5.7 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 9.5 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 11.8 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin 4,258 · 12.2 mi | 37.1 | 13% | 1% | 7.4% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 12.7 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
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 Vez
What is the population of Vez?
285 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (314).
How old are Vez’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vez?
15, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vez?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vez?
€26,680 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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