38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Villers’s 240 households held 602 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 5.3% of homes are flats. The figure for empty homes is 11% in Villers and 6.7% in the typical compared French 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 Villers
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Villers behind 55% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villers 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
19% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Villers is 43.4, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 4.2% in Villers, less 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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 27% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns.
In Villers, 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer 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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.5% (under two years). The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Villers has fewer households without a car than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.8%. Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 5% of homes are second homes here.
€25,290 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Villers is €25,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 37% in Villers and 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals here. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Villers sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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
53% are married and 7.9% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6% are widowed. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Villers
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
In Villers, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (602 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Villers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers | 43.4 | 19% | 5% | 1.5% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 3.6 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Cours 4,306 · 5.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 5.4 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 7.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 8 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Mably 7,233 · 8.2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
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 Villers
What is the population of Villers?
602 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (581).
How old are Villers’ residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villers?
14, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villers?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villers?
€25,290 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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