Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Vielprat is over 64
In Vielprat, 63% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. 13% of households are couples with children. At 2.3%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 70, in 42 households.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Vielprat
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vielprat, 55% of its 97 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Vielprat’s residents are under 64 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Vielprat’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Vielprat had 58 residents at the 2012 census and 70 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 55%, a higher share than 98% 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
The share of households without a car trails 91% of compared French towns: 4.5%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 1% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Vielprat grew +21% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 91% 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 Haute-Loire town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 45% 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
■ Vielprat 64. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vielprat, 1.4% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 13%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.7 people.
In Vielprat, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 60% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.4% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Vielprat. 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.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, below 96% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification here. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 70 to 2,582 people
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 Vielprat (64).
No nearby town is as old as Vielprat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vielprat | 64 | 45% | 55% | 1.4% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 9.9 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
| Coubon 3,140 · 11 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 4.5% | 2% |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3,395 · 13.2 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 3,432 · 13.3 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 13.6 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 14 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
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 Vielprat
What is the population of Vielprat?
70 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (58).
How old are Vielprat’s residents?
The median age is 64, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.1% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vielprat?
53, with occasional dwellings: 55% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vielprat?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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