Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of homes are flats
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.1% in Vaulry. On the census count, 5% of households are single parents. More households headed by a manual worker than in 96% of compared French towns: 25%. There were 200 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 394 residents.
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 Vaulry
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vaulry, 20% of its 300 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% 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 42 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Vaulry ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 20%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of homes stand empty.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 80% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −4% to 2023.
Older than 71% of compared French towns: half of Vaulry is over 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vaulry 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. At 22%, residents aged 65 and over sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 72% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
There are 2 people in the average household. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,210 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 €22,210 a year: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Vaulry sits above 76% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (15%)
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
In Vaulry, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 9.4% of 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 larger share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne has 4.5%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.6% of residents are immigrants in Vaulry.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 68% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Across Vaulry, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 1.5%, and 6% are widowed.
In Vaulry, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 59% 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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 394 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Vaulry sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaulry | 47.3 | 22% | 20% | 6.6% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 7 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 7 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| Couzeix 10,195 · 12.3 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 12.3 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 12.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Rilhac-Rancon 4,805 · 14 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.8% |
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 Vaulry
What is the population of Vaulry?
394 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (404).
How old are Vaulry’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaulry?
60, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaulry?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaulry?
€22,210 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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