Vironchaux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.4%
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.7%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 503 residents and 210 households in Vironchaux. On the census count, 4.9% of households have no car. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 91% 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 Vironchaux
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vironchaux, 10% of its 250 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 10% of homes 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 3.4% moved in within the last two years. Empty homes: 7%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Vironchaux outgrew 79% of compared French towns: +14%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 82% 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
■ Vironchaux 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Vironchaux is 42.6, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Vironchaux, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Vironchaux ranks above 90% of compared French towns on couples with children: 34%
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
Households here average 2.5 people each. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Vironchaux sits lower than 60% of compared French towns: 9.5%.
€22,400 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.
The median standard of living in Vironchaux is €22,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% 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
Here 37% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.9% in Vironchaux, less than in 99% 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 0.6% in Vironchaux. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 73% 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. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 91% 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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 503 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vironchaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vironchaux | 42.6 | 23% | 10% | 0.9% |
| Rue 2,987 · 6.7 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Verton 2,571 · 10.9 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 11.3 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 12.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 12.7 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 13.5 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
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 Vironchaux
What is the population of Vironchaux?
503 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (443).
How old are Vironchaux’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vironchaux?
26, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vironchaux?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vironchaux?
€22,400 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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