Virelade: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (2.6%), Virelade is below 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Virelade was home to 1,124 people in 470 households. Locally, 3.6% of households have no car. On empty homes, Virelade sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 4.2%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Virelade
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Virelade had 959 residents at the 2012 census and 1,124 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: faster than 86% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gironde town +16%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Younger than 61% of compared French towns: half of Virelade is under 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Virelade 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Virelade. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.6%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 92% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 7.2% of households are single parents here. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Only 1.1% of homes are second homes in Virelade
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
Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Households in social housing 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.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,420 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,420 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 28% in Virelade, less than in 72% 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
Here 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 64% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Locally, 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 88% 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
The share of married residents is 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no 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, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,124 to 2,582
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Virelade, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virelade | 42.7 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.9% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 1.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Portets 2,618 · 2.7 mi | 45 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 3.8 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 5.2% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 3.8 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Selve 3,746 · 4.8 mi | 36.8 | 10% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 3,450 · 6.6 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.7% | 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 Virelade
What is the population of Virelade?
1,124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (959).
How old are Virelade’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Virelade?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Virelade?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Virelade?
€26,420 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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