5.8% of homes are flats, below 94% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 4.9%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 26% of households are one person living alone. Households without a car are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,325 residents and 560 households in Villegouge.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Villegouge ahead of 54% 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 Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +5%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villegouge 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.5, Villegouge is older than 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Villegouge ranks above 85% of compared French towns on couples with children: 32%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. At 7.6%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 73% of compared French towns: 9.1%
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
One household in 20 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 1.4% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,490 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.
At €25,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Villegouge is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. At the same time, households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.9%, a lower share than 65% 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.
Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. On average, 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.
Villegouge sits below 64% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Villegouge. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Villegouge
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
32% of Villegouge’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 1,325 to 2,582 people, the 17th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Villegouge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villegouge | 44.5 | 19% | 1.4% | 4.9% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 2.3 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac 2,729 · 3.7 mi | 42.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 5.8% |
| Izon 6,374 · 4.2 mi | 40.7 | 16% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Vayres 4,615 · 4.7 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Libourne 25,036 · 5.3 mi | 44 | 23% | 3% | 12% |
| Val de Virvée 3,793 · 5.4 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
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 Villegouge
What is the population of Villegouge?
1,325 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,253).
How old are Villegouge’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villegouge?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villegouge?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villegouge?
€25,490 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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