Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.8%
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.7% in Valuéjols. This Cantal town has fewer single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 5.9%. At the 2023 Census, 580 people lived here, in 260 households. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 2%.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Valuéjols
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 75 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valuéjols, 18% of its 410 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 77 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Valuéjols ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 19%
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
18% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Fewer flats than in 96% of compared French towns: 4.7%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 52% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Older than 54% of compared French towns: half of Valuéjols is over 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valuéjols 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Valuéjols.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,310 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.
Living standards centre on €24,310 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Valuéjols ranks below 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 7.9%
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 retired person at 35%, Valuéjols is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 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
With married residents at 41%, Valuéjols is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 77% of compared French towns
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 22% in Valuéjols and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (580 to 2,582 people), the 17th youngest
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.
Valuéjols and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuéjols | 44.6 | 22% | 18% | 0.2% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 8.1 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.3% | 4.7% |
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 Valuéjols
What is the population of Valuéjols?
580 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (556).
How old are Valuéjols’ residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valuéjols?
75, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valuéjols?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valuéjols?
€24,310 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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