23% of homes in Venas are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 33: that is how common households without a car are in Venas (3%). This Allier town is home to 217 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census. In Venas, 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Venas
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Venas, 23% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Venas had 247 residents at the 2012 census and 217 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in four in Venas is a second home
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
5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 35% have been in their home 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 6.4%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Venas behind 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Venas is over 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Venas 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Venas, 27% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% 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: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. At 5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 40% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,700 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.
Living standards centre on €24,700 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 45%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Venas, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 10%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, below 80% 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.
2.8% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). As a yardstick, 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.
27% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 61% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Venas sits below 84% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
Across Venas, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Venas
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 Venas
What is the population of Venas?
217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (247).
How old are Venas’ residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venas?
32, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venas?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venas?
€24,700 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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