Vaubexy: 18% of homes stand empty, above 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Vaubexy had 125 residents in 50 households at the 2023 Census. Across Vaubexy, 5.9% of homes are flats. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are single parents here.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Vaubexy
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vaubexy, 10% of its 70 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 71% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vaubexy had 131 residents at the 2012 census and 125 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% of compared French towns
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
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Turnover: 6.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Slower growth than 87% of compared French towns: Vaubexy changed by −5% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Younger than 69% of compared French towns: half of Vaubexy is under 41.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vaubexy 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 63 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 64% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 22% in Vaubexy and 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
Immigrants make up 0% of Vaubexy’s residents
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 85% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
With married residents at 39%, Vaubexy is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Vaubexy, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer 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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 125 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Vaubexy is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaubexy | 41.5 | 22% | 10% | 0% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 6.7 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 8.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 10.8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 11.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 12.4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
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 Vaubexy
What is the population of Vaubexy?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (131).
How old are Vaubexy’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaubexy?
7, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaubexy?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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