Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
4.5% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). On flats, Verniolle sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 6.4%. This Ariège town had 2,397 residents in 1,020 households at the 2023 Census. For Verniolle, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 28%.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 64% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ariège town +2%.
Half of Verniolle is over 49.2, older than 80% 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
■ Verniolle 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Verniolle sits below 81% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
27% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. The census found that 7.9% of households are single parents in Verniolle.
8.4% of homes stand empty, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.3%. 28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.4% moved in within the last two years.
Standard of living at the median: €26,430 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.
At €26,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 10.0%.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 82% 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
11% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). On households headed by a manager or professional, Verniolle sits lower than 50% of compared French towns: 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of Verniolle’s residents are immigrants
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.
Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Verniolle sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 3.9%, about the same as 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.
Fewer single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 67% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 32%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,397 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Verniolle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verniolle | 49.2 | 28% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 1.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 1.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 2.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 2.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Foix 9,934 · 8.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 11.1 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
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 Verniolle
What is the population of Verniolle?
2,397 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (2,366).
How old are Verniolle’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verniolle?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verniolle?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verniolle?
€26,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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