A median age of 55.5: Vimenet is older than 95% of compared French towns
4.1% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Vimenet’s 130 households held 248 residents at the 2023 Census. For Vimenet, the census puts households in social housing at 2.4%. Flats are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Vimenet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vimenet, 41% of its 230 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Vimenet’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 30%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 4%, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than Vimenet: −4%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 95% 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
■ Vimenet 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Vimenet is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 19% of households are couples with children in Vimenet
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 8% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 58% of compared French towns: 37%. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
€25,800 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Vimenet is €25,800 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 49% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 12%, Vimenet is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 7.7% here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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 Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. On the census count, 1.2% 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Vimenet, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Vimenet sits below 81% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Vimenet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vimenet | 55.5 | 29% | 41% | 2.4% |
| Sévérac d'Aveyron 4,026 · 7.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 20% | 4.1% |
| Bozouls 3,001 · 11.2 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 11.6 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 16.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 17.2 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 17.8 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
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 Vimenet
What is the population of Vimenet?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (257).
How old are Vimenet’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vimenet?
92, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vimenet?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vimenet?
€25,800 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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