Vincelles sits below 98% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.6%)
In Vincelles, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 913 residents and 450 households in the town. Flats account for 8.4%.
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 Vincelles
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vincelles had 963 residents at the 2012 census and 913 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 89% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
A median age of 48: Vincelles is older than 75% 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
■ Vincelles 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5% in Vincelles and 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Vincelles ranks below 68% of compared French towns on couples with children: 22%
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
Households average 2.1 people. On one-person households, Vincelles sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 36%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 79% of compared French towns: 10%
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
6.4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes make up about one in 22 here (4.5%).
The median resident lives on €25,540 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.
Half of Vincelles’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 38%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Vincelles. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 3.9% in Vincelles, less than in 74% 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.
In Vincelles, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, below 84% 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
Single residents make up 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 913 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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.
Vincelles 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.
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 Vincelles
What is the population of Vincelles?
913 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (963).
How old are Vincelles’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vincelles?
24, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vincelles?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vincelles?
€25,540 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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