Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 413 residents in 160 households: that is Valailles at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 19% locally. The figure for households without a car is 1.9% in Valailles and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Valailles
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 50% of compared French towns: Valailles changed by +5% 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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
In Valailles, 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 77% 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
■ Valailles 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.8, Valailles is older than 62% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total. By way of comparison, 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: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 19% of households are one person living alone
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 6.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
Valailles ranks above 77% of compared French towns on second homes: 4.9%
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
5.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€27,400 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €27,400 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 78% 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 retired person come to 31% in Valailles, about three in ten. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 1.7% of residents 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Married residents make up 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns: 16%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (27%), Valailles is below 59% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (413 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Valailles is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valailles | 45.8 | 22% | 4.9% | 1.7% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 2.3 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 6.8 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 7.4 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 9.2 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 13 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 16.8 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
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 Valailles
What is the population of Valailles?
413 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (394).
How old are Valailles’ residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valailles?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valailles?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valailles?
€27,400 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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