Villerable sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.2%)
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Villerable comes in at 3.2%. The 2023 Census counted 485 residents in 230 households. Locally, 8.3% of homes are second homes. The town has fewer one-person households than 89% of compared French towns, at 27%.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Villerable
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villerable had 550 residents at the 2012 census and 485 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Villerable’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Loir-et-Cher town, the change came in two steps: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Villerable is over 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villerable 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.3%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 65% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Turnover: 5.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,160 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 €29,160 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.3% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.8% of residents are immigrants, below 84% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.7%, below 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% 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.
Villerable ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 15%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Villerable has 52%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Villerable
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
On adults with no qualification, Villerable sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 18%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 485 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Villerable 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villerable | 52.2 | 26% | 8.3% | 2.8% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 2.8 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 4 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 8 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 13.1 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 2.2% | 5.7% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 16.4 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 17.4 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
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 Villerable
What is the population of Villerable?
485 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (550).
How old are Villerable’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villerable?
22, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villerable?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villerable?
€29,160 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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