38% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Vidaillat had 204 residents in 93 households at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 3.6%. Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Vidaillat has 14%.
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 Vidaillat
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vidaillat, 38% of its 170 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Vidaillat’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Vidaillat had 165 residents at the 2012 census and 204 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 65% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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
By its share of households without a car (9.2%), Vidaillat is below 58% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A +24% change since 2012: Vidaillat grew faster than 93% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, +30%.
A median age of 53.5: Vidaillat is older than 91% 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
■ Vidaillat 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Vidaillat comes in at 32%.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Vidaillat ranks below 59% of compared French towns on couples with children: 24%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. For Vidaillat, the census puts one-person households at 35%. The typical household size is 2.2 people.
Half above, half below €21,130 a year in standard of living
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 Vidaillat is €21,130 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
In Vidaillat, 47% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 95% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 5.9%, Vidaillat is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of residents in Vidaillat are immigrants
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 Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 4.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Vidaillat, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
In Vidaillat, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Vidaillat sits above 77% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (25%)
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 share of graduates of higher education trails 67% of compared French towns: 25%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Vidaillat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidaillat | 53.5 | 32% | 38% | 6.3% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 12.7 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 13.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 14.9 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Vidaillat
What is the population of Vidaillat?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (165).
How old are Vidaillat’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vidaillat?
66, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vidaillat?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vidaillat?
€21,130 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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