A lower share of flats than 96% of compared French towns, at 4.6%
The share of households without a car is 3.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7% in Vénès. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 320 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 718 residents.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Vénès
Empty homes
The census found 54 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vénès had 749 residents at the 2012 census and 718 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012: slower than 85% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Tarn town, the change came in two steps: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then −12% to 2023.
Vénès is older than 68% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vénès 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vénès, a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Vénès sits below 78% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Vénès has 28%. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.5%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty
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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Vénès has 3.4%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 7.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more.
Half above, half below €24,610 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,610 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 88% 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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Vénès, 9.3%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person come to 39% locally, about four in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 69% of compared French towns, at 4.4%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Vénès. Measured more widely, 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.
In Vénès, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (718 to 2,582 people), the 17th oldest
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).
Vénès and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 Vénès
What is the population of Vénès?
718 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (749).
How old are Vénès’ residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vénès?
13, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vénès?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vénès?
€24,610 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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