Villevocance ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 2.8%
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Villevocance had 1,165 residents in 540 households at the 2023 Census. 4.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). In Villevocance, 9.7% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Villevocance
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villevocance had 1,248 residents at the 2012 census and 1,165 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Villevocance’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Villevocance changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 92% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Ardèche town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Villevocance is over 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villevocance 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Villevocance comes in at 28%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 54% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. A quarter of households are couples with children, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 6.7% in Villevocance, less than in 76% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.9% (under two years). Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, more than in 74% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. In Villevocance, 3.9% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,910 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 €24,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 45%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
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 14% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are headed by a manual worker in Villevocance. Elsewhere, 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: 2.5%, a lower share than 87% 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% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Villevocance ranks above 87% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Villevocance has 21%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 21%
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 adults with no qualification at 22%, Villevocance is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,165 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Villevocance and its 6 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villevocance | 51.1 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.5% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 3.4 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 3.9 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 4.9 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 5.6 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 6.1 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 11.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
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 Villevocance
What is the population of Villevocance?
1,165 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,248).
How old are Villevocance’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villevocance?
25, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villevocance?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villevocance?
€24,910 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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