Vétheuil ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1.9%
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Vétheuil has 11%. Across Vétheuil, 6.1% of households are headed by a manual worker. Couples with children are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. This Val-d'Oise town had 849 residents in 420 households at the 2023 census.
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 Vétheuil
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vétheuil, 12% of its 540 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vétheuil ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 12%
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
Flats make up 17%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 12% of households have no car. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 84% 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
The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Val-d'Oise town +8%.
Older than 71% of compared French towns: half of Vétheuil is over 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vétheuil 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Vétheuil is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. Add to that, at 9.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Vétheuil sits above 90% of compared French towns for single-parent households (14%)
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 42%.
A typical living standard of €30,020 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.
Half of Vétheuil’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a retired person, below 79% 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
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 75% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
Immigrants: 4.8%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 37% of residents 15 and over are married in Vétheuil
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
Here, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Vétheuil ranks above 89% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 46%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 11%, 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 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 849 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Vétheuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vétheuil | 47.3 | 20% | 12% | 4.8% |
| Mantes-la-Jolie 43,526 · 4.8 mi | 35.1 | 15% | 0.5% | 30% |
| Freneuse 4,505 · 5 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 4.6% | 15% |
| Gasny 3,062 · 5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 2% | 4.8% |
| Limay 17,885 · 5.1 mi | 35.2 | 13% | 0.6% | 23% |
| Rosny-sur-Seine 7,328 · 5.7 mi | 37 | 14% | 1.1% | 20% |
| Buchelay 3,360 · 5.9 mi | 38.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 16% |
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 Vétheuil
What is the population of Vétheuil?
849 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (883).
How old are Vétheuil’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vétheuil?
66, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vétheuil?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vétheuil?
€30,020 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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