Half of Vorey is over 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 17% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Vorey had 1,488 residents in 730 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 46% of households are headed by a retired person. At 6.6%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Vorey
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vorey, 19% of its 1,070 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Vorey’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
By its share of empty homes (13%), Vorey is above 92% of compared French towns. The census found that 18% of homes are flats locally. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 54% of compared French towns grew faster than Vorey: +4%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Haute-Loire. Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% 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
■ Vorey 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 81% 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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.9 people on average. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median of €22,250 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 €22,250 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 82% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 10%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Vorey, 1.5%. Typically, 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.
Married residents make up 40% in Vorey, less than in 69% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Vorey has 23%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,488 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 Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Vorey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorey | 53.8 | 33% | 19% | 2.2% |
| Retournac 3,007 · 6.1 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Polignac 2,819 · 8.3 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| Chadrac 2,542 · 8.7 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 1.8% | 8.7% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 9.6 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 9.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 10.3 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
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 Vorey
What is the population of Vorey?
1,488 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,434).
How old are Vorey’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vorey?
200, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vorey?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vorey?
€22,250 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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