36% of households are couples with children, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Flats: 4.9%, below 96% of compared French towns. Locally, 1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). Fewer households without a car than in 91% of compared French towns: 4.6%. Valeille had 675 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Valeille
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Valeille’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 69% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Loire town +3%. The change was +9% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023.
In Valeille, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Valeille 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 19% in Valeille and 22% in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 42.6, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Valeille
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
Households average 2.5 people. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 5.7% of households are single parents. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
4.9% of homes are second homes, more than in 76% 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
Some 4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in 11 here (8.9%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,340 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,340 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Valeille ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 20%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Valeille. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. More households headed by a manual worker than in 85% of compared French towns: 20%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 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.
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 55% in Valeille, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Valeille has 19%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% 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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 675 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.
No nearby town is as young as Valeille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valeille | 42.6 | 19% | 4.9% | 1% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 4.3 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 5.3 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Panissières 2,911 · 6.4 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 7.2% | 3% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 6.4 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 7.7 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise 3,785 · 9.1 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.6% |
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 Valeille
What is the population of Valeille?
675 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (674).
How old are Valeille’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valeille?
15, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valeille?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valeille?
€27,340 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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