More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
With households in social housing at 18%, Vauréal is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. At the 2023 Census, 16,079 people lived locally, in 6,090 households. Across Vauréal, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker. The town has fewer second homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 1%.
Throughout this page, the Val-d'Oise 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 Vauréal
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Vauréal’s residents are under 36.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 2,600 immigrants in Vauréal (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 16% for the median compared commune in Val-d'Oise. 8.5% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vauréal changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 64% 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 Val-d'Oise town +8%. The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −2%.
Vauréal is younger than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vauréal 36.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Vauréal, 12%. Locally, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 89% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Vauréal, 13% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.6 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More flats than 62% of compared French towns: 38%
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
5.2% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 11% in Vauréal.
Standard of living at the median: €28,160 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.
Living standards centre on €28,160 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 13.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 22% of households are headed by a retired person in Vauréal. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vauréal sits above 87% of compared French towns for immigrants (16%)
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.
The share of foreign nationals tops just over three quarters of compared French towns: 8.5%. 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.
A higher share of married residents than 81% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Vauréal comes in at 29%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 46% in Vauréal, more than in 89% 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
13% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 15,604 to 16,545 people, the 4th youngest
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 Montévrain (32.8), the youngest, and Biscarrosse (53.2), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Vauréal, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauréal | 36.6 | 12% | 1% | 16% |
| Jouy-le-Moutier 17,854 · 1.3 mi | 35.5 | 11% | 1.1% | 15% |
| Courdimanche 7,311 · 1.4 mi | 36 | 9.6% | 0.7% | 17% |
| Cergy 70,906 · 1.5 mi | 30.4 | 9.1% | 4.4% | 30% |
| Menucourt 6,184 · 1.9 mi | 38.2 | 13% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Maurecourt 4,454 · 2.8 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Vaux-sur-Seine 5,202 · 2.8 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Vauréal
What is the population of Vauréal?
16,079 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (15,868).
How old are Vauréal’s residents?
The median age is 36.6, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vauréal?
62, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vauréal?
INSEE counts 2,560 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 1,360 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vauréal?
€28,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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