In Veauchette, 44% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Veauchette, 1.1%. 1.7% of households have no car. At 4.7%, the share of flats is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The town had 1,235 residents in 450 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 Veauchette
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 8.8% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Veauchette’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Veauchette grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 84% 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 Loire town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +11% and the next six +5%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Veauchette 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Veauchette is 38.7, lower than in 85% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. 10% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.8 people in the average household. 8.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Veauchette ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1.8%
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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.7% moved in within the last two years.
Standard of living at the median: €28,060 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 €28,060 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
In Veauchette, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Veauchette has 26%. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Veauchette
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Veauchette comes in at 50%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 10% in Veauchette, less than in 95% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Veauchette. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,235 to 2,582 people, 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Veauchette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veauchette | 38.7 | 14% | 1.3% | 2.1% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 1.8 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon 10,425 · 2 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Bonson 4,557 · 2.9 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 1% | 5.8% |
| Sury-le-Comtal 6,621 · 3.5 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert 15,764 · 4 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 4 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 Veauchette
What is the population of Veauchette?
1,235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (1,062).
How old are Veauchette’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Veauchette?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Veauchette?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Veauchette?
€28,060 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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