Villepinte: 15% of homes stand empty, above 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Villepinte has 25%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.7% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,243 people lived here, in 580 households. Across Villepinte, 18% of homes are flats.
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 Villepinte
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012: slower than 72% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, −5%.
9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 75% 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
■ Villepinte 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.4, Villepinte is older than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Villepinte, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are one person living alone in Villepinte. At 9.5%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 59% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Villepinte: 4.9% of homes are second homes, above 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 16%. Fewer households without a car than in 55% of compared French towns: 9.7%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,540 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,540 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 28% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Villepinte has 6.9%. By way of comparison, 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).
In Villepinte, 7.6% of residents are immigrants, more than in 57% 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 Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Villepinte, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 66% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Here just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 71% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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: 5 of the 6 towns around Villepinte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villepinte | 45.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.6% |
| Bram 3,233 · 3.1 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 7.1 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 11.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 12.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Revel 9,762 · 13 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 14 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
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 Villepinte
What is the population of Villepinte?
1,243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,249).
How old are Villepinte’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villepinte?
36, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villepinte?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villepinte?
€22,540 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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