A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Venouse has 27%. The town’s 130 households held 288 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 2.3% of households have no car. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Venouse
Fewer residents than in 2012
Venouse had 309 residents at the 2012 census and 288 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Venouse behind 93% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Venouse 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Venouse’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Venouse sits above 72% of compared French towns for single-parent households (12%)
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 35%.
97% of homes are houses
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
Turnover: 0.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 6.4% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €28,590 a year to live on
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
In Venouse, 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Venouse, 31%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, below 83% of compared French towns
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.
3.8% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 71% 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
Here 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest 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.
Venouse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venouse | 45 | 20% | 2.1% | 3.8% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 5.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 7.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 7.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 7.5 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 8.7 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 9.1 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
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 Venouse
What is the population of Venouse?
288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (309).
How old are Venouse’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venouse?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venouse?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venouse?
€28,590 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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