Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of La Villedieu is over 60.5
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put flats at 3.4% in La Villedieu. The town had 52 residents in 26 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 three is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Villedieu, 38% of its 58 homes: higher than in 96% 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 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 7.3% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 38%
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
In the last two years, 7.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 33% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 18%, above 98% of compared French towns.
Growth of +16% since 2012 puts La Villedieu ahead of 83% 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
The median Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six +8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents are 15 to 24
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 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 93% of compared French towns: 35%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households make up 17% in La Villedieu, more than in 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. Few places have as many couples with children: 33% here, more than in 88% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In La Villedieu, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 67% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in La Villedieu (33%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 71% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in La Villedieu comes in at 9.1%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in La Villedieu
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
The share of married residents is 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
La Villedieu sits above 79% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (40%)
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 16% in La Villedieu and 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 52 to 2,582
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.
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?
52 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (45).
How old are La Villedieu’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 7.3% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Villedieu?
22, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Villedieu?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (7.3%). 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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