A higher share of second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
Half of Vineuil-Saint-Firmin’s residents are over 49.2, older than in four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Vineuil-Saint-Firmin was home to 1,380 people in 640 households. Single-parent households: 7% of the total. Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Vineuil-Saint-Firmin has 17%.
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 Vineuil-Saint-Firmin
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 22% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Vineuil-Saint-Firmin has changed by −2%, slower than 78% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%.
In Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Vineuil-Saint-Firmin 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Vineuil-Saint-Firmin is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 67% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 7.4% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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 without a car make up 8.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Flats account for 20%.
At the median, €39,220 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.
The median standard of living in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin is €39,220 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Vineuil-Saint-Firmin sits below 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (8.2%)
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 retired person: 30%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
More immigrants than 66% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, 5.7%. Typically, 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.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 53% 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
With single residents at 19%, Vineuil-Saint-Firmin is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Vineuil-Saint-Firmin sits above 93% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (50%)
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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Vineuil-Saint-Firmin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vineuil-Saint-Firmin | 49.2 | 25% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| Chantilly 10,591 · 1.7 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Saint-Maximin 3,335 · 2.7 mi | 36.4 | 15% | 0.5% | 14% |
| Gouvieux 8,867 · 3.5 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 4.6% | 10% |
| Saint-Leu-d'Esserent 4,638 · 3.9 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
| Senlis 15,157 · 4 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Creil 36,301 · 4 mi | 31.8 | 11% | 0.6% | 34% |
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 Vineuil-Saint-Firmin
What is the population of Vineuil-Saint-Firmin?
1,380 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,411).
How old are Vineuil-Saint-Firmin’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin?
70, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 79 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin?
€39,220 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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