Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Velars-sur-Ouche
19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Velars-sur-Ouche is home to 1,798 residents in 750 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 3.8%. Few places have so few flats: 14% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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.
Slower growth than 55% of compared French towns: Velars-sur-Ouche changed by +4% since 2012
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
The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, +6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% in Velars-sur-Ouche, less than in 89% 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
■ Velars-sur-Ouche 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 70% of compared French towns: 25%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 5.6%, a lower share than 98% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 30% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Velars-sur-Ouche ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 2.5%
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
Velars-sur-Ouche sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Empty homes: 5% of the total.
€30,410 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The median standard of living in Velars-sur-Ouche is €30,410 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.9% in Velars-sur-Ouche, less than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Velars-sur-Ouche has 34%. For comparison, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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 2% in Velars-sur-Ouche. 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 45% in Velars-sur-Ouche. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Older than Velars-sur-Ouche: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velars-sur-Ouche | 47.1 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Talant 11,896 · 4.5 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 4.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 5.1 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 5.7 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 5.9 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 7.2 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
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 Velars-sur-Ouche
What is the population of Velars-sur-Ouche?
1,798 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,734).
How old are Velars-sur-Ouche’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Velars-sur-Ouche?
11, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Velars-sur-Ouche?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Velars-sur-Ouche?
€30,410 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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