Only 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Villechétif
The share of empty homes trails 98% of compared French towns: 2.4%. At the 2023 Census, 947 people lived in Villechétif, in 410 households. The census found that 1.9% of homes are flats in the town. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Villechétif
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 75% of compared French towns: Villechétif changed by −1% 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
The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 50.2: Villechétif is older than 84% 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
■ Villechétif 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Villechétif has 8.7%. At the same time, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in three: that is how common couples with children are in Villechétif (34%). One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
3.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% 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
Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.9% moved in within the last two years. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On second homes, Villechétif sits lower than 73% of compared French towns: 1.2%.
The median resident lives on €29,580 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,580 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Here 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.7% in Villechétif, less than in 66% 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.
The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across Villechétif, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
In Villechétif, 61% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Villechétif comes in at 15%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 52% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 947 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Villechétif
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villechétif | 50.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 1.4 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 2.2 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 3.2 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 4 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 4.4 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
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 Villechétif
What is the population of Villechétif?
947 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (958).
How old are Villechétif’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villechétif?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villechétif?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villechétif?
€29,580 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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