Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of La Villedieu is over 59.2
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 13% of households are couples with children. Census day 2023: 200 residents and 110 households in La Villedieu. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in La Villedieu comes in at 1.9%.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Villedieu
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Villedieu, 17% of its 160 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 ↓
An older town
Half of La Villedieu’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Villedieu had 217 residents at the 2012 census and 200 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. 14% of homes stand empty, or about one in seven. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 5.6% of households have no car.
Since 2012, La Villedieu has changed by −8%, slower than 94% 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 Charente-Maritime town +8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
5.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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 Villedieu 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 97% of compared French towns: 38%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 46% in La Villedieu, more than in 87% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
In La Villedieu, nearly one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,220 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.
Half of La Villedieu’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
La Villedieu ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 23%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.5% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 18% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Villedieu: 7.2% of residents are immigrants
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.
Put another way, about one in 14: 7.2% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. Foreign nationals: 4.3%, near enough the figure 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.
Married residents make up 48% in La Villedieu, more than in 85% 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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Villedieu
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in La Villedieu comes in at 26%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 200 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 Villedieu is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Villedieu | 59.2 | 38% | 17% | 7.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 12.5 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 13.6 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Melle 5,752 · 13.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 16 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Aiffres 5,419 · 16.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 16.7 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
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 Villedieu
What is the population of La Villedieu?
200 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (217).
How old are La Villedieu’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7.6% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Villedieu?
26, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Villedieu?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Villedieu?
€22,220 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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