Half of Lavillatte is over 67.8, older than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a retired person in Lavillatte. At the 2023 Census Lavillatte was home to 44 people in 25 households. For Lavillatte, the census puts single-parent households at 33%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Lavillatte
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lavillatte, 53% of its 65 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 76% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Lavillatte’s residents are under 67.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 62% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lavillatte had 78 residents at the 2012 census and 44 in 2023, down 44%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Lavillatte’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 21% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lavillatte sits above 98% of compared French towns for second homes (53%)
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
The figure for households without a car is 15% in Lavillatte and 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For Lavillatte, the census puts empty homes at 7.8%.
Lavillatte changed by −44% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −27% to 2017 and −23% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Ardèche.
In Lavillatte, 62% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Lavillatte 67.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
50% of households are one person living alone, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.7 people.
17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Lavillatte. Measured more widely, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
Married residents: 33%, a lower share than 94% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 33% of residents 15 and over are single in Lavillatte. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 graduates of higher education at 18%, Lavillatte is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 44 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Lavillatte (67.8).
Lavillatte and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavillatte | 67.8 | 62% | 53% | 2.2% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 4.9 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
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 Lavillatte
What is the population of Lavillatte?
44 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 44% fewer than in 2012 (78).
How old are Lavillatte’s residents?
The median age is 67.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 0% are under 18 and 62% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavillatte?
35, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavillatte?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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