A median age of 53.7: Vouillon is older than 92% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Vouillon, 4.5%. At the 2023 Census, 220 people lived here, in 110 households. Households without a car make up about one in 19 here (5.2%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Vouillon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Vouillon had 249 residents at the 2012 census and 220 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Vouillon’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 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.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Vouillon changed by −12% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre town −5%. The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vouillon 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Vouillon is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 13% in Vouillon, less than in 95% 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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Vouillon. On average, 1.9 people share a household. Single-parent households are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Vouillon sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
6.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 2.9%, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €26,370 a year to live on
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 €26,370 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 89% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Vouillon, 2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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 Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 71 here (1.4%). 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.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
With adults with no qualification at 16%, Vouillon is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (220 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Vouillon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouillon | 53.7 | 31% | 2.9% | 2.3% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 7.3 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 9.2 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 10.6 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Déols 7,600 · 10.6 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 10.8 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 13.3 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
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 Vouillon
What is the population of Vouillon?
220 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (249).
How old are Vouillon’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vouillon?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vouillon?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vouillon?
€26,370 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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