Villeneuve ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 44%
The median age in Villeneuve is 39.9, lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,638 residents locally, living in 620 households. Households without a car make up about one in 71 here (1.4%). Here 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Villeneuve
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: Villeneuve grew faster than 84% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ain town +13%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%.
Only 15% of residents are 65 or over in Villeneuve
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villeneuve 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Villeneuve has 12%. The wider picture: 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: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. At 6.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Only 8.5% of homes are flats in Villeneuve
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
7.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 74% of compared French towns: 5% of homes stand empty. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €29,940 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,940 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Villeneuve.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Villeneuve 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Villeneuve. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Villeneuve ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Villeneuve comes in at 48%. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Villeneuve has 34%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,638 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Villeneuve and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve | 39.9 | 15% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Frans 2,582 · 3.8 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 0.6% | 4.2% |
| Fareins 2,533 · 3.8 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
| Jassans-Riottier 6,247 · 4.6 mi | 45 | 22% | 0.6% | 9% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 5.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône 36,172 · 6.2 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 2.2% | 18% |
| Reyrieux 5,358 · 6.2 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 1.7% | 6.1% |
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 Villeneuve
What is the population of Villeneuve?
1,638 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (1,408).
How old are Villeneuve’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villeneuve?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villeneuve?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villeneuve?
€29,940 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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