Vrély sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.4%)
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 0.5% in Vrély. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.4%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. This Somme town counted 459 residents and 190 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are couples with children.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 65% of compared French towns grew faster than Vrély: +1%
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, −4% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
In Vrély, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 81% 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
■ Vrély 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Vrély’s residents are under 41.8, younger than in 67% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Vrély, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Vrély, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 81% 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
The average household has 2.4 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 10%, more than in just over half of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
6% of homes are second homes, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 7.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. Empty homes are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,710 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,710 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Vrély, 34%. Households headed by a manual worker account for 18%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vrély ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.7%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Vrély comes in at 1.5%. Elsewhere, 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.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
42% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 80% 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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 459 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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Vrély are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vrély | 41.8 | 17% | 6% | 1.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 1.2 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Roye 5,833 · 8 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 9.2 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 9.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 11.4 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 11.7 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 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 Vrély
What is the population of Vrély?
459 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (454).
How old are Vrély’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vrély?
13, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vrély?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vrély?
€24,710 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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