Photo: Sheba_Also 43,000 photos · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 2.7% of homes are flats in Verton
5.9% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 43%, more than in 89% of compared French towns. There were 1,110 households in Verton at the 2023 Census, home to 2,571 residents. One-person households make up about one in four here (26%).
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.
What stands out about the people of Verton
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Verton, 13% of its 1,360 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 30% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 13% in Verton, more than in 90% 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
5% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Census figures put households in social housing at 9% in Verton. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +14% change since 2012: faster than 79% 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
The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Half of Verton is over 47.1, older than 69% 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
■ Verton 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.3% in Verton. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Verton, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 69% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,570 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €27,570 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.5% in Verton, less than in 97% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Verton comes in at 1%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Verton, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 92% 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
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Verton sits below 56% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,543 to 2,600 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 37.2 in Villejust to 61.2 in Eymet.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Verton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verton | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 1.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Berck 12,951 · 3.1 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Merlimont 3,342 · 4.3 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 67% | 2% |
| Cucq 5,129 · 6.1 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 59% | 1.7% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 8.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 4,224 · 8.4 mi | 65.8 | 52% | 80% | 2.4% |
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 Verton
What is the population of Verton?
2,571 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (2,257).
How old are Verton’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verton?
180, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verton?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verton?
€27,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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