Younger than 92% of compared French towns: half of Valleiry is under 36.8
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a retired person in Valleiry. Its 2,380 households held 5,264 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 60%. 5.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Savoie 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 Valleiry
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,400 immigrants in Valleiry (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 26% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Haute-Savoie. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Valleiry had 3,615 residents at the 2012 census and 5,264 in 2023, up 46%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Valleiry’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +46% change since 2012: faster than 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +14% in Haute-Savoie. Here the change came as +30% to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 11%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valleiry 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 85% of compared French towns: 8.8%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Valleiry sits above 69% of compared French towns for couples with children (29%)
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-Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Valleiry has more single-parent households than 67% of compared French towns, at 11%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 84% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
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 figure for empty homes is 4.3% in Valleiry and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 13% of households moved in less than two years ago; 7.8% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €41,810 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 €41,810 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 81% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 13%, Valleiry is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Valleiry: 26% of residents are immigrants, above 97% 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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Savoie has 13%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 97% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 41% of residents 15 and over are married in Valleiry
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
In Valleiry, 27% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 5,207 to 5,319 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.
Le Bourget-du-Lac is the youngest (36.5); Forcalquier the oldest (50.8).
Valleiry is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valleiry | 36.8 | 11% | 5.2% | 26% |
| Viry 5,809 · 3.2 mi | 35.9 | 12% | 6.4% | 26% |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois 16,222 · 5.8 mi | 35.4 | 13% | 5.7% | 30% |
| Péron 2,916 · 5.9 mi | 37.1 | 10% | 6.5% | 25% |
| Beaumont 3,097 · 6.8 mi | 37 | 11% | 4.9% | 22% |
| Valserhône 16,712 · 7.5 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 2.9% | 21% |
| Cruseilles 5,376 · 8.7 mi | 36.3 | 15% | 3.9% | 8.1% |
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 Valleiry
What is the population of Valleiry?
5,264 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 46% more than in 2012 (3,615).
How old are Valleiry’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valleiry?
140, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valleiry?
INSEE counts 1,370 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 26% of residents, and 1,190 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valleiry?
€41,810 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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