In Villevieille, 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 89% of compared French towns: 8.6%. Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7% here, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Villevieille’s population at 1,889, in 860 households.
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 Villevieille
An older town
Half of Villevieille’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +15% since 2012, faster than 82% 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
Over those years, the median Gard town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +11% to 2023.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Villevieille is over 50.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villevieille 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over in Villevieille.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 75% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. On couples with children, Villevieille sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 22%. Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
5.3% of households have no car, below 86% of compared French towns
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 17% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.6%, more than in 77% of compared French towns. What’s more, in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Villevieille, 5%.
The median resident lives on €28,070 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,070 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns. 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
Here 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Villevieille, 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 68% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. In Villevieille, 5.9% of residents are immigrants. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A larger share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Villevieille has 20%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Here 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,889 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Villevieille 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villevieille | 50.9 | 30% | 5% | 5.9% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Aubais 2,925 · 4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Calvisson 6,486 · 4.9 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 15% | 4.8% |
| Aigues-Vives 3,331 · 5.6 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 5.8 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 6.3 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
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 Villevieille
What is the population of Villevieille?
1,889 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,638).
How old are Villevieille’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villevieille?
50, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villevieille?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villevieille?
€28,070 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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