Only 4% of households have no car in Lavilledieu
Nearly one in ten homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.3% of homes are second homes. The median age in Lavilledieu is 47.1, higher than in 70% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 2,264 residents and 1,020 households here.
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.
Faster growth than 78% of compared French towns: Lavilledieu changed by +13% since 2012
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 those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +7% to 2023.
Lavilledieu ranks below 79% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lavilledieu 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 66% of compared French towns: 25%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in Lavilledieu
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
6.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 78% of compared French towns
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
Empty homes: 7.8%, above 61% of compared French towns. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,660 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 €25,660 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 12.0%.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. At 13%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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.
2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Lavilledieu sits below 88% of compared French towns for 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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Lavilledieu and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Lavilledieu, less than in 63% 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
Across Lavilledieu, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 2,264 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.
Lavilledieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavilledieu | 47.1 | 25% | 7.3% | 3.8% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 2.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 4.3 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 7.6 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 11.3 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 12.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
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 Lavilledieu
What is the population of Lavilledieu?
2,264 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,995).
How old are Lavilledieu’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavilledieu?
87, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavilledieu?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavilledieu?
€25,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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