Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
In Valfleury, 17% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 739 residents and 270 households in the town. 5.5% of homes are flats. The town has fewer households without a car than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.9%.
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 Valfleury
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Valfleury’s residents are under 38.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 52% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Valfleury sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (13%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valfleury 38.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Valfleury sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 38.5, younger than in 86% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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
On average, 2.7 people share a household. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 9.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
2.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 96% 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
Turnover: 11% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 8.2% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,750 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 €25,750 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 62% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Valfleury sits below 89% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.2%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Valfleury comes in at 1.4%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Valfleury sits above 92% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Valfleury. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education: 34%, above 62% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 739 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Valfleury
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valfleury | 38.5 | 13% | 2.4% | 2.2% |
| La Grand-Croix 4,947 · 3.5 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| L'Horme 4,806 · 3.6 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 0.5% | 10% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 3.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Lorette 4,983 · 4 mi | 42.2 | 24% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Sorbiers 8,116 · 4.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.2% | 5% |
| Saint-Chamond 35,646 · 4.4 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 13% |
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 Valfleury
What is the population of Valfleury?
739 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (701).
How old are Valfleury’s residents?
The median age is 38.5, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valfleury?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valfleury?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valfleury?
€25,750 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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