14% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 99% of compared French towns: 27%. There were 58 households in Vauchelles-lès-Authie at the 2023 Census, home to 132 residents. Empty homes come to 11% here, about one in ten. Second homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Vauchelles-lès-Authie
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vauchelles-lès-Authie had 140 residents at the 2012 census and 132 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vauchelles-lès-Authie changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 90% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%. The first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, −13%.
Half of Vauchelles-lès-Authie is over 48.5, older than 77% 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
■ Vauchelles-lès-Authie 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 75 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Vauchelles-lès-Authie, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children here. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
Fewer households without a car than 71% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,500 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.
The median standard of living in Vauchelles-lès-Authie is €24,500 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Vauchelles-lès-Authie, 1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.8%, below 97% of compared French towns. 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.
Married residents make up 40% in Vauchelles-lès-Authie, less than in 69% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Vauchelles-lès-Authie sits below 84% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
In Vauchelles-lès-Authie, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 132 to 2,582
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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vauchelles-lès-Authie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Vauchelles-lès-Authie
What is the population of Vauchelles-lès-Authie?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (140).
How old are Vauchelles-lès-Authie’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vauchelles-lès-Authie?
7, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vauchelles-lès-Authie?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vauchelles-lès-Authie?
€24,500 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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