Below 97% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a retired person
Single-parent households are more common here than in 99% of compared French towns. Viviès is home to 150 residents in 59 households, by the 2023 Census. In Viviès, 6.6% of homes are flats. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Viviès has 7.3%.
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.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Viviès ahead of 83% 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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then +21% to 2023.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Viviès is under 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Viviès 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Viviès.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Viviès has more couples with children than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
8% of homes stand empty, more than in 64% 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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 1.8% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €22,340 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 Viviès’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,340 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 9.1% in Viviès. 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).
Viviès ranks below 70% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.3%
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: 2.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 29% in Viviès, more than in 76% 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
Married residents make up 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Put another way, about one in five: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 150 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Viviès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viviès | 39.5 | 22% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 4.9 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 7.1 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 7.8 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 8.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 9.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 9.6 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
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 Viviès
What is the population of Viviès?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (130).
How old are Viviès’ residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viviès?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viviès?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viviès?
€22,340 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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