In Villalier, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Flats make up 4.4%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Villalier’s population at 972, in 410 households. For Villalier, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 31%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.7%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Villalier
Empty homes
The census found 63 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Villalier behind 77% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Villalier is over 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villalier 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Villalier.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
28% of households are couples with children, more than in 67% of compared French towns
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents here. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The census found that a third of households are one person living alone in Villalier.
Empty homes make up 13% in Villalier, more than in 91% 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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.3%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.9% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,870 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.
The median standard of living in Villalier is €22,870 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Villalier is below 62% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
For Villalier, the census puts immigrants at 5.7%. That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Villalier sits below 84% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Villalier has 41%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Villalier sits below 79% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
In Villalier, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 972 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.
Villalier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villalier | 49.8 | 31% | 3.9% | 5.7% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 1.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 2.6 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 3.6 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 4.3 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 4.7 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 5.9 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
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 Villalier
What is the population of Villalier?
972 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (990).
How old are Villalier’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villalier?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villalier?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villalier?
€22,870 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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