Half of Venasque is over 58.4, older than 97% of compared French towns
In Venasque, 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 520 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,082 residents. Couples with children make up about one in six here (17%). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.
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 Venasque
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 270 second homes and occasional dwellings in Venasque, 33% of its 840 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Venasque’s residents are under 58.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Venasque had 1,158 residents at the 2012 census and 1,082 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 33% of homes are second homes
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
Here 4.8% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households without a car make up about one in six here (17%). Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−7% since 2012: slower than 92% 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
In two steps, −13% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Vaucluse.
Venasque sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (41%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Venasque 58.4. The median compared French town: 44.
5.3% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 77 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.
In Venasque, 6.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 91% 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
In Venasque, 41% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
A median standard of living of €29,200 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 residents live in households above €29,200 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Venasque comes in at 5.9%. About one in 15: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Venasque (6.8%). Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 59% of compared French towns: 7.8% of 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.
Locally, 4.5% of residents are foreign nationals. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
More single residents than 73% of compared French towns: 29%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns: 45%
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 adults with no qualification at 13%, Venasque is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Venasque is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venasque | 58.4 | 41% | 33% | 7.8% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 3.4 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines 10,504 · 4.6 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.8% |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 5.8 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2.6% | 18% |
| Velleron 3,168 · 6.4 mi | 49.5 | 26% | 7% | 4.9% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 7.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 7.3 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 Venasque
What is the population of Venasque?
1,082 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,158).
How old are Venasque’s residents?
The median age is 58.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venasque?
270, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venasque?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venasque?
€29,200 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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