Verfeuil: 29% of homes are second homes, above 95% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 1.1% in Verfeuil and 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 591 people lived in the town, in 270 households. Across Verfeuil, 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24. 3.4% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Verfeuil
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Verfeuil, 29% of its 410 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Verfeuil’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 9.3% of households have no car in Verfeuil
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 26%. Few places have so few empty homes: 5.8% here, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
−2% since 2012: slower than 77% 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 Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −2%.
Half of Verfeuil is over 50.8, older than 85% 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
■ Verfeuil 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 26% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Verfeuil ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.6%
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. At 33%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 59% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The figure for couples with children is 26% in Verfeuil and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,790 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.
Living standards centre on €24,790 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manager or professional is 9.4%; Verfeuil has 11%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Verfeuil, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.2% in Verfeuil, less than in 61% 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.
4.6% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 22. Set beside that, 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 stands at 30%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 11th 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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Verfeuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verfeuil | 50.8 | 26% | 29% | 5.2% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 8.3 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie 3,173 · 8.6 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Uzès 8,519 · 10.8 mi | 57.1 | 39% | 23% | 11% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 11.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 11.6 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 14 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
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 Verfeuil
What is the population of Verfeuil?
591 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (602).
How old are Verfeuil’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verfeuil?
120, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verfeuil?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verfeuil?
€24,790 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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