Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.6%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Varetz had 2,409 residents in 1,040 households at the 2023 census. For Varetz, the census puts households without a car at 4.3%.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Varetz
An older town
Half of Varetz’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+5% since 2012, a pace 50% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Corrèze town −1%.
Half of Varetz is over 50.7, older than 85% 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
■ Varetz 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 8.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Fewer couples with children than in 51% of compared French towns: 25%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
A higher share of empty homes than 60% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
6.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Fewer second homes than in 52% of compared French towns: 2%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,090 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.
At €26,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 71% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
The census found that 33% of households are headed by a retired person in Varetz. At 9.7%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 2.9% in Varetz, less than in 67% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 6% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 17.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Varetz ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Varetz. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 58% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in six here (18%). As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,409 to 2,582 people, the 12th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Varetz sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varetz | 50.7 | 27% | 2% | 6% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 3.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 3.7 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Allassac 4,081 · 4.4 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Donzenac 2,733 · 4.7 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 4.9 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Objat 3,721 · 5 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
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 Varetz
What is the population of Varetz?
2,409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,297).
How old are Varetz’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Varetz?
23, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Varetz?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Varetz?
€26,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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