Above 95% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are second homes
With households in social housing at 0.3%, Vaugines is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. 51% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 553 residents here, living in 280 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 14 here (7.4%).
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 Vaugines
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vaugines, 28% of its 450 homes: higher than in 95% 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.
Fewer flats than 81% of compared French towns: 13%
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
6.3% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. At 8.8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 75% of compared French towns: Vaugines changed by +12% 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
Over those years, the median Vaucluse town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +15%, then −3% to 2023.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Vaugines is over 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vaugines 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
5.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 80% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children. One-person households make up 42%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,080 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,080 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Vaugines ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 3.5%
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
Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals
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 lower than in 58% of compared French towns. On the census count, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. 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 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Vaugines
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Vaugines comes in at 41%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Vaugines, less than in 87% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 553 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Vaugines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaugines | 49.6 | 26% | 28% | 5.6% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 3.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Villelaure 3,398 · 4.7 mi | 45 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| Lauris 3,921 · 5.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 6.6 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 10% |
| Apt 10,143 · 7.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Pertuis 19,548 · 7.4 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 2.3% | 6.9% |
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 Vaugines
What is the population of Vaugines?
553 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (494).
How old are Vaugines’ residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaugines?
130, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaugines?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaugines?
€25,080 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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