47.7median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

In Vimy, 4.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns

In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Vimy, 38%. At the same time, 30% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 4,270 residents and 1,900 households in the town. Second homes: 0.5% of the total.

±0%residents since 2012 25%aged 65 or older 1.1%immigrants 1,900households

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.

Population

From 2012 to 2023, 68% of compared French towns grew faster than Vimy: ±0%

Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.

Census 2012

4,252

residents

Census 2017

4,265

residents

Census 2023

4,270

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Vimy±0%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Vimy±0%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+2%

Over those years, the median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.

Ages

Half of Vimy is over 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Under 1516%

15 to 248.9%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6428%

65 and over25%

of whom 80 and over6.9%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Vimy 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.

The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 83% of compared French towns: 8.9%. The census found that 25% of residents are 65 or over in Vimy.

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Vimy

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

WomenMen

About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Households

A larger share of couples with children than 60% of compared French towns: 27%

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.

One person 30%Couple, no children 32%Couple with children 27%Single parent 10%Several people, not a family 0.8%

Against the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median

Vimy

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

One-person households30%

Residents 65+ living alone27%

0%20%40%

Each household has 2.2 people on average. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in half of compared French towns.

Homes & cars

Vimy ranks below 67% of compared French towns on households without a car: 7.9%

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

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Main residences94%

Second homes0.5%

Empty5%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Vimy

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No car7.9%

One car46%

Two or more46%

0%30%60%

The figure for empty homes is 5% in Vimy and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across Vimy, 11% of households rent social housing (HLM).

Income

Median standard of living: €27,350 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.

Median standard of living

€27,350

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Pas-de-Calais €22,665 · France €25,970

Poverty rate

8.0%

of residents below 60% of France’s median standard of living

Medians: Pas-de-Calais 19.0% · France 13.0%

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Half of Vimy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,350 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.

Households by occupation

Households headed by a manual worker make up 6.8% in Vimy, less than in 91% 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

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Retired38%

Managers and professionals13%

Intermediate occupations20%

Clerical and service workers15%

Manual workers6.8%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners3.7%

Farmers0.8%

Others not working1.9%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

8.0%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

1,740

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (13%), Vimy is above just over two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Vimy sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.1%)

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

1.1% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

0.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Immigrants1.1%

Foreign nationals0.5%

0%5%10%

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.

Here 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.

Couples

Vimy sits below 95% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)

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

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Married49%

In a civil partnership (PACS)7.7%

Living together, unmarried9.7%

Single19%

Divorced6%

Widowed8.6%

0%30%60%

43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Vimy. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.

Qualifications

A larger share of graduates of higher education than 65% of compared French towns: 35%

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

VimyPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)16%

Brevet7.5%

CAP or BEP (vocational)23%

Baccalauréat19%

Bac+214%

Bac+3 or bac+412%

Bac+5 or more9.5%

0%20%40%

With adults with no qualification at 16%, Vimy is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Of 41 French towns its size (4,231 to 4,306 people), the 18th oldest

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Vimy 47.7

Nanteuil-le-HaudouinCourseulles-sur-MerSanvignes-les-Mines

365267

The youngest is Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (37.1), the oldest Courseulles-sur-Mer (65.3).

Neighbors

No nearby town is as old as Vimy

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

AvionSouchezÉleu-dit-LeauwetteAngresMéricourtLiévinVimy

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Vimy	47.7	25%	0.5%	1.1%
Avion 17,435 · 2.6 mi	38.9	16%	0.3%	5.1%
Souchez 2,663 · 3.2 mi	44.6	21%	0.3%	1.1%
Éleu-dit-Leauwette 2,805 · 3.3 mi	42.3	20%	0.3%	4.4%
Angres 4,641 · 3.3 mi	42	20%	1.4%	2.6%
Méricourt 11,619 · 3.6 mi	40.6	20%	0.4%	5.3%
Liévin 30,063 · 3.9 mi	39.6	19%	0.5%	4.1%

More about Vimy

Health, work, housing and schools

Health C⁻Deaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute B⁻Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Home prices, rents, owning and renting Schools D⁻Collèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Vimy

What is the population of Vimy?

4,270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (4,252).

How old are Vimy’s residents?

The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Vimy?

10, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Vimy?

INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Vimy?

€27,350 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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