A median age of 60.1: Vimoutiers is older than 98% of compared French towns
Couples with children make up 14%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Vimoutiers had 2,978 residents in 1,520 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 4%. Second homes are more common here than in 81% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Vimoutiers
An older town
Half of Vimoutiers’ residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vimoutiers had 3,675 residents at the 2012 census and 2,978 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 400 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Vimoutiers’ households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 34% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−19% since 2012, a pace below 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −11% to 2023. Over those years, the median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Vimoutiers: 43% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Vimoutiers 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 49% in Vimoutiers, more than in 92% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.8 people on average. Vimoutiers has fewer single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns, at 6.4%. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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
26% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly two in five homes are flats. Households without a car are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €21,980 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €21,980 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 22.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 13% in Vimoutiers. 4% of Vimoutiers’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 50% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 3.3%, a lower share than 60% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. In Vimoutiers, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. Measured more widely, 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 79% 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 single residents at 26% in Vimoutiers. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 12% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vimoutiers
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
Nearly two in five adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 2,947 to 3,012 people
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 40.5 in Gorcy to 60.1 in Vimoutiers.
Vimoutiers is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vimoutiers | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 5.8 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 11 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 11.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 14.7 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 15.2 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 15.4 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
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 Vimoutiers
What is the population of Vimoutiers?
2,978 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (3,675).
How old are Vimoutiers’ residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vimoutiers?
130, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vimoutiers?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vimoutiers?
€21,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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