8.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 86% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker come to 20% in Vacqueyras, about two in ten. This Vaucluse town has fewer households in social housing than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 6.1%. At the 2023 Census, 1,179 people lived in the town, in 550 households.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Vacqueyras
Empty homes
The census found 84 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 65% of compared French towns: Vacqueyras changed by +9% since 2012
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 Vaucluse town, the change came in two steps: +21% from 2012 to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of Vacqueyras is over 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
■ Vacqueyras 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Vacqueyras sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 26% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
12% of homes stand empty, a share 88% 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
17% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At 8.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
€25,850 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 Vacqueyras is €25,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 62% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 12 here (8.3%). The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 12% in Vacqueyras, more than in 79% 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.
The median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in ten here (9.9%). As a yardstick, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 85% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Vacqueyras, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 69% 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
With graduates of higher education at 27%, Vacqueyras is behind 59% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The 17th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,179 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.
Vacqueyras sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacqueyras | 46.8 | 23% | 8.1% | 12% |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 3.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 13% | 7.9% |
| Sarrians 5,792 · 3.7 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Jonquières 5,201 · 4.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 5.8 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Courthézon 6,426 · 6.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 6.5 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 8.6% |
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 Vacqueyras
What is the population of Vacqueyras?
1,179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,085).
How old are Vacqueyras’ residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vacqueyras?
56, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vacqueyras?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (9.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vacqueyras?
€25,850 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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