Fewer flats than 97% of compared French towns: 3.7%
The figure for second homes is 0.6% in Vendin-lès-Béthune and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 1,060 households held 2,374 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Vendin-lès-Béthune, nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person. Few places have so few households in social housing: 6.8% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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.
Vendin-lès-Béthune changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 75% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Vendin-lès-Béthune is older than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vendin-lès-Béthune 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Vendin-lès-Béthune, 23% of residents are 65 or over. At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Vendin-lès-Béthune sits below 61% of compared French towns for one-person households (33%)
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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here 27% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Vendin-lès-Béthune, 4.6% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. At 11%, households without a car sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,300 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 €24,300 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 12.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.4%, a lower share than 80% of compared French towns
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
For Vendin-lès-Béthune, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vendin-lès-Béthune sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.9%)
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 0.6% in Vendin-lès-Béthune and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 73% 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
By its share of married residents (45%), Vendin-lès-Béthune is above 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 59% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Across Vendin-lès-Béthune, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,374 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Vendin-lès-Béthune
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Vendin-lès-Béthune
What is the population of Vendin-lès-Béthune?
2,374 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,401).
How old are Vendin-lès-Béthune’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vendin-lès-Béthune?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vendin-lès-Béthune?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vendin-lès-Béthune?
€24,300 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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