A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%. Vaudéville has fewer one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%. Census day 2023: 199 residents and 86 households in the town. Empty homes: 3.4% of the total.
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 Vaudéville
Growing fast
Vaudéville had 166 residents at the 2012 census and 199 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +20% change since 2012: faster than 90% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, +23%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 77% 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
■ Vaudéville 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.8, Vaudéville is older than 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
6.3% of households are single parents, below 95% 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
The figure for couples with children is 31% in Vaudéville and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 2.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. Fewer flats than in 71% of compared French towns: 19%. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 3.4% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,860 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.
At €27,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Vaudéville ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6.3%
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: 13% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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. Against that, 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.
Vaudéville sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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
Single residents: 18% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
In Vaudéville, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 199 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Vaudéville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaudéville | 45.8 | 18% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 5.5 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 5.7 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 6.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 8.3 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 9 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
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 Vaudéville
What is the population of Vaudéville?
199 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (166).
How old are Vaudéville’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaudéville?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaudéville?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaudéville?
€27,860 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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