A median age of 54.4: Volnay is older than 93% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Volnay, 2.6%. Its 110 households held 224 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 16% of households are couples with children. On households headed by a retired person, Volnay sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 48%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Volnay
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Volnay, 17% of its 200 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Volnay had 277 residents at the 2012 census and 224 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Volnay’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 55 homes empty (27%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 27%
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
One household in 15 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of homes are second homes. Fewer households without a car than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 6.6%.
A change of −19% since 2012 leaves Volnay 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −2% in Côte-d'Or. Here the change came as −13% to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, a higher share than 94% 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
■ Volnay 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 94% of compared French towns: 7.8%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 57% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €39,730 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 €39,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.1% in Volnay, less than in 92% 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
On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Volnay, 4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 70% 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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Volnay
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
Married residents: 51%, above 95% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 five here (19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (224 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Volnay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volnay | 54.4 | 35% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Beaune 20,352 · 3.3 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 5% | 8.1% |
| Chagny 5,350 · 6.7 mi | 48 | 25% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Gergy 2,566 · 11.8 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 12.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 13 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 14.4 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
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 Volnay
What is the population of Volnay?
224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (277).
How old are Volnay’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Volnay?
34, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Volnay?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Volnay?
€39,730 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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