33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Vaugneray has 5.6%. 6,304 residents in 2,490 households: that is Vaugneray at the 2023 Census. The census found that 25% of households are headed by a retired person locally. The median age here is 41.5, lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Vaugneray
Growing fast
Vaugneray had 5,195 residents at the 2012 census and 6,304 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +21% since 2012 puts Vaugneray ahead of 92% 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 +10% to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, a lower share than 64% 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
■ Vaugneray 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Vaugneray
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 61% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Vaugneray sits below 63% of compared French towns for households in social housing (9.4%)
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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.5% of homes are second homes. 6.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns.
€30,590 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.
Half of Vaugneray’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,590 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 7.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 17% in Vaugneray, more than in 81% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Vaugneray, 3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2% in Vaugneray. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 76% 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
Married residents: 45%, above 69% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Vaugneray: 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 85% 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
Adults with no qualification: 13%, below 85% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Pont-de-Chéruy (33.9), the youngest, and Fleurance (54.3), the oldest.
Around Vaugneray, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaugneray | 41.5 | 20% | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne 6,472 · 1.8 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.5% | 6% |
| Brindas 6,775 · 2 mi | 42.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 4.4% |
| Pollionnay 2,958 · 2.3 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2% | 4% |
| Messimy 3,546 · 2.6 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 1.6% | 3.6% |
| Craponne 12,084 · 3.2 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Thurins 3,404 · 3.7 mi | 39.6 | 16% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
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 Vaugneray
What is the population of Vaugneray?
6,304 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (5,195).
How old are Vaugneray’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaugneray?
69, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaugneray?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaugneray?
€30,590 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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