Couples with children make up 29% in Vedène, more than in 73% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 7.5%, below 70% of compared French towns. 11,974 residents in 5,240 households: that is Vedène at the 2023 Census. Across Vedène, 19% of residents are 65 or over. On empty homes, Vedène sits lower than 80% of compared French towns: 4.6%.
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.
A growing town: +13% since 2012, faster than 76% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vaucluse town +7%. The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Vedène is under 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vedène 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Lower than in half of compared French towns: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 65% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 65% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Fewer flats than 57% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Turnover: 9.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Vedène has fewer second homes than half of compared French towns, at 2.1%.
A typical living standard of €25,520 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,520 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns: 30%
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: 10% of the total. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 14% here, more than in 51% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.1% of Vedène’s residents are immigrants
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 54% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.1% of residents are immigrants. Nothing unusual on foreign nationals: 4%, close to the figure 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.
Married residents make up 45% in Vedène, more than in 66% 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
Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 17% in Vedène, less than in 60% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 31% in Vedène. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Dugny (31.9), the oldest Saint-Cyprien (61.1).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Vedène
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vedène | 43.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon 5,206 · 1.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 5% | 4.8% |
| Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue 8,913 · 2 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 4% | 6.8% |
| Morières-lès-Avignon 9,019 · 2.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.9% |
| Le Pontet 18,386 · 2.4 mi | 41 | 21% | 1% | 19% |
| Sorgues 19,006 · 2.8 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Althen-des-Paluds 2,960 · 3.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
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 Vedène
What is the population of Vedène?
11,974 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (10,640).
How old are Vedène’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vedène?
120, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vedène?
INSEE counts 860 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 480 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vedène?
€25,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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