Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Ventron is over 54.7
48% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Single-parent households are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 805 residents in Ventron, living in 390 households. For Ventron, the census puts households without a car at 4.9%.
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 Ventron
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 490 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ventron, 54% of its 910 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 68% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ventron had 909 residents at the 2012 census and 805 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ventron’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 33% have stayed 30 years or more. 3.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Ventron has 7.6%.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%. The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, −4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ventron 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 21% in Ventron, less than in 70% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in just over half of compared French towns: 35%. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
A median of €25,130 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.
At €25,130 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Ventron. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ventron ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Ventron comes in at 2.9%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 73% 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
With adults with no qualification at 21%, Ventron is ahead of 58% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 805 to 2,582
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.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Ventron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventron | 54.7 | 30% | 54% | 3.1% |
| Cornimont 3,027 · 2.3 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% | 5.8% |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte 2,566 · 4.5 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 21% | 4.4% |
| La Bresse 3,853 · 4.8 mi | 56.6 | 35% | 54% | 2.9% |
| Le Thillot 3,167 · 6.3 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 10% |
| Vagney 3,843 · 8.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9% | 2.7% |
| Gérardmer 7,581 · 9.3 mi | 54.8 | 33% | 41% | 6.8% |
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 Ventron
What is the population of Ventron?
805 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (909).
How old are Ventron’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ventron?
490, with occasional dwellings: 54% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ventron?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ventron?
€25,130 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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