Above 94% of compared French towns: 24% of homes are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 150 households in Les Billanges at the 2023 Census, home to 296 residents. Here, just over a fifth of households are couples with children. Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Les Billanges has 38%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Les Billanges
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Billanges, 24% of its 230 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Billanges had 310 residents at the 2012 census and 296 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Billanges sits above 94% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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 31% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.9% (under two years). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Les Billanges has 8.2%.
Slower growth than 86% of compared French towns: Les Billanges changed by −5% since 2012
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 change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
Les Billanges sits below 94% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Billanges 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 50.5, Les Billanges is older than 85% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 28%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are one person living alone here. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
€20,930 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €20,930 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Only 3.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Les Billanges
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 tops 70% of compared French towns: 17%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 59% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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-Vienne has 4.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. On the census count, 6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Les Billanges, less than in 76% 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
In Les Billanges, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Les Billanges. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (296 to 2,582 people), the 13th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Les Billanges: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Billanges | 50.5 | 28% | 24% | 6% |
| Ambazac 5,556 · 6.5 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 4.8% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion 2,901 · 8.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 9.8 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel 2,606 · 10.9 mi | 46.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Rilhac-Rancon 4,805 · 11 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.8% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 12.1 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
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 Les Billanges
What is the population of Les Billanges?
296 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (310).
How old are Les Billanges’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Billanges?
57, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Billanges?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Billanges?
€20,930 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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