A median age of 57.5: Viam is older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 85 residents in 49 households. Couples with children: 10% of the total. Flats make up 2.2%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Viam
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Viam, 57% of its 140 homes: higher than in 98% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Viam had 110 residents at the 2012 census and 85 in 2023, down 23%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Viam’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Viam’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 32% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 57%
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 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. In Viam, 6.1% of households have no car. On empty homes, Viam sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 6.6%.
Viam changed by −23% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 Corrèze town, the change came in two steps: −15% from 2012 to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in Viam, more than in 92% 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
■ Viam 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.2% in Viam and 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 77 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.7 people.
50% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Viam has 20%. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Viam, 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 63% 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 Corrèze has 6.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Viam sits above 87% of compared French towns for single residents (33%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Viam has 39%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 83% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Viam. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 85 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Viam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viam | 57.5 | 33% | 57% | 5.9% |
| Égletons 4,341 · 17 mi | 38 | 23% | 7.9% | 12% |
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 Viam
What is the population of Viam?
85 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% fewer than in 2012 (110).
How old are Viam’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 9.4% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viam?
78, with occasional dwellings: 57% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viam?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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