A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
In Vensat, 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.9% of households are single parents. Fewer households without a car than in 98% of compared French towns: 3%. There were 250 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 569 residents.
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.
What stands out about the people of Vensat
Growing fast
Vensat had 455 residents at the 2012 census and 569 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +25% change since 2012: faster than 94% 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, +11% to 2017 and +13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
A median age of 42.3: Vensat is younger than 63% 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
■ Vensat 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Vensat.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 84% of compared French towns: 32%
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
One-person households: 29% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
5.7% of homes in Vensat are second homes
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Vensat, 8.6%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,530 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.
Half of Vensat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
In Vensat, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Vensat, 31%. Locally, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 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).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Vensat has 1.2%. For comparison, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Vensat
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Vensat, 51%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 11% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 569 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Vensat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vensat | 42.3 | 22% | 5.7% | 2.1% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 2.2 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 3.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 10.4 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 13% | 5.9% |
| Ennezat 2,748 · 10.6 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Riom 18,820 · 11.4 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 11.5 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
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 Vensat
What is the population of Vensat?
569 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (455).
How old are Vensat’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vensat?
17, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vensat?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vensat?
€27,530 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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