Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
The figure for couples with children is 30% in Villegongis and 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 101 residents in 50 households. 40% of households are headed by a retired person. At 15%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Villegongis
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villegongis had 133 residents at the 2012 census and 101 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Villegongis’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Villegongis’s population moved −24% on 2012, less than in 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, −5% in Indre. Here the change came as −15% to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
A median age of 46.8: Villegongis is older than 68% 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
■ Villegongis 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households average 2 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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 in social housing is 7.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 22: 4.6% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €25,160 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.
Living standards centre on €25,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
In Villegongis, 50% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Villegongis’ residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Here, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Villegongis, 33%. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 101 to 2,582
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.
Villegongis sits below 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villegongis | 46.8 | 21% | 4.6% | 0% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 4.7 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 5.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Déols 7,600 · 7.3 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 7.4 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Buzançais 4,356 · 8.3 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 8.8 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 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 Villegongis
What is the population of Villegongis?
101 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (133).
How old are Villegongis’ residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villegongis?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villegongis?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villegongis?
€25,160 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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