A larger share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 37%
In Vertaizon, 14% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 3.7% of the total. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a retired person. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 3,527, in 1,380 households.
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 Vertaizon
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Vertaizon has grown +11%, faster than 72% 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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +11% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Vertaizon is under 39.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vertaizon 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vertaizon, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Vertaizon, less than in 94% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 7.8% of households are single parents. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households have no car
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 7.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%. Flats are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In Vertaizon, nearly one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,030 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 €27,030 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns. 10.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
In Vertaizon, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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 Vertaizon, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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).
3.1% of residents are foreign nationals, below 63% 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.
The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 39% in Vertaizon, less than in 75% 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
Single residents make up 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Vertaizon, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 54% of compared French towns
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 come to 31% in Vertaizon, about three in ten. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,510 to 3,545 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 34.9 in Rubelles to 63.3 in Deauville.
Every neighbor is older than Vertaizon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertaizon | 39.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Mur-sur-Allier 3,111 · 2.5 mi | 46.1 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 2.5 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Billom 4,805 · 4.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Lempdes 8,709 · 4.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.1% | 8.1% |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne 19,951 · 5.2 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 1.4% | 7.1% |
| Lezoux 6,528 · 5.9 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
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 Vertaizon
What is the population of Vertaizon?
3,527 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (3,184).
How old are Vertaizon’s residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vertaizon?
25, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vertaizon?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vertaizon?
€27,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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