One-person households make up 19% in Commelle-Vernay, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In Commelle-Vernay, 1.7% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 3,050, in 1,250 households. The census found that 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally. With a median age of 49, Commelle-Vernay is older than nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Commelle-Vernay outgrew 66% of compared French towns: +9%
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
Over those years, the median Loire town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8%, a lower share than 93% 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
■ Commelle-Vernay 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over in Commelle-Vernay. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 4% of households are single parents in Commelle-Vernay
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Commelle-Vernay, 33%. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
In Commelle-Vernay, 2.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
1% of homes are second homes (Loire median 1.4%, France median 2.1%) and 2.9% are empty (6.7%). The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 35% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.9% (under two years). Empty homes are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns.
€27,680 a year: the median standard of living
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 €27,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 4.0%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 39% in Commelle-Vernay, more than in 82% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Locally, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Commelle-Vernay
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: 3.5%, below 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Commelle-Vernay ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 60%
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
Single residents: 15%, below 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Commelle-Vernay, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 58% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,018 to 3,084
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 Pont-à-Vendin (35.9), the youngest, and Agon-Coutainville (63.8), the oldest.
Commelle-Vernay and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Commelle-Vernay
What is the population of Commelle-Vernay?
3,050 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,802).
How old are Commelle-Vernay’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Commelle-Vernay?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Commelle-Vernay?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Commelle-Vernay?
€27,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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