La Villette ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 18%
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are headed by a retired person here. At 19%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 68% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 217 residents and 89 households in La Villette. The share of households without a car stands at 2.2%.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 La Villette
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Villette, 17% of its 120 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 17% of its homes
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
Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 70% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Calvados town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% in La Villette, less than in 90% 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
■ La Villette 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Villette’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in 52% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; La Villette has 5.9%. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
Half above, half below €25,040 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €25,040 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
In La Villette, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5.9% in La Villette. The wider picture: 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).
In La Villette, 1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in La Villette. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 63% of compared French towns: 22%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 217 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.
La Villette sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Villette | 43.8 | 19% | 17% | 1.8% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 3.6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 6 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Les Monts d'Aunay 4,777 · 7.9 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 8.3 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 9.2 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 10.3 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 La Villette
What is the population of La Villette?
217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (217).
How old are La Villette’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Villette?
20, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Villette?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Villette?
€25,040 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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