Residents aged 65 and over make up 11% in Vassel, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 16% of households are headed by a retired person. In 2023, the Census found 295 residents in Vassel, living in 130 households. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Vassel comes in at 5.4%.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Vassel outgrew 77% of compared French towns: +13%
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 +11%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Vassel is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vassel 39. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Vassel has 39%. Higher than in 71% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
In Vassel, 5.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 83% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in three quarters of compared French towns.
€26,550 a year: the median standard of living
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 €26,550 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 35% in Vassel, more than in 99% 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
7.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Measured more widely, 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).
Vassel sits below 98% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (0.7%)
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 median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. Here, 2.7% of residents are immigrants. Against that, 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.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 36% 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
Single residents account for 26%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 56% of compared French towns: 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
For Vassel, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 295 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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 62.3 in Prayssac.
Vassel is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vassel | 39 | 11% | 4.7% | 2.7% |
| Vertaizon 3,527 · 1.2 mi | 39.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Billom 4,805 · 3.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Mur-sur-Allier 3,111 · 3.2 mi | 46.1 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 3.8 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Lempdes 8,709 · 5.5 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.1% | 8.1% |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne 19,951 · 5.7 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 1.4% | 7.1% |
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 Vassel
What is the population of Vassel?
295 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (261).
How old are Vassel’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vassel?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vassel?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vassel?
€26,550 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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