25% of homes in Vêtre-sur-Anzon are second homes
31% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 5.1% of homes are flats. Vêtre-sur-Anzon counted 564 residents and 260 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households in social housing at 1.6% in the town.
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 Vêtre-sur-Anzon
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vêtre-sur-Anzon, 25% of its 430 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 68 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Vêtre-sur-Anzon, 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
From 2012 to 2023, 57% of compared French towns grew faster than Vêtre-sur-Anzon: +3%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Loire.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Vêtre-sur-Anzon is over 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vêtre-sur-Anzon 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.1% in Vêtre-sur-Anzon and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns, at 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households here average 2.1 people each. A third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Median standard of living: €22,710 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,710 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Vêtre-sur-Anzon ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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: 9.8% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 7.8% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% 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).
8.5% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 76% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Vêtre-sur-Anzon, 9.2%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%.
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 48% in Vêtre-sur-Anzon, more than in 85% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Vêtre-sur-Anzon has 23%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Across Vêtre-sur-Anzon, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 564 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Vêtre-sur-Anzon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vêtre-sur-Anzon | 50.3 | 31% | 25% | 9.2% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 9.5 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| Thiers 11,637 · 14.4 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 3.8% | 11% |
| Courpière 4,166 · 14.7 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Villerest 5,172 · 16.3 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 16.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 1% | 3.5% |
| Renaison 3,231 · 16.9 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
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 Vêtre-sur-Anzon
What is the population of Vêtre-sur-Anzon?
564 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (547).
How old are Vêtre-sur-Anzon’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vêtre-sur-Anzon?
110, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vêtre-sur-Anzon?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vêtre-sur-Anzon?
€22,710 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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