Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Vaylats is over 55.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Vaylats had 327 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. In Vaylats, 47% of households are headed by a retired person. The figure for households without a car is 6.1% in Vaylats and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Vaylats
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vaylats, 22% of its 230 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Vaylats’ residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Vaylats had 269 residents at the 2012 census and 327 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 14% of homes stand empty here. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Vaylats, 13% of homes are flats.
+22% since 2012, a pace 92% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 Lot town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +20% and the next six +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Vaylats 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 56% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. 24% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Standard of living at the median: €23,330 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 €23,330 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 61% of compared French towns: 16%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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 69% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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.
The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 3.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vaylats: 28% of residents 15 and over are single, above 69% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Vaylats
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (327 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Vaylats
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Vaylats
What is the population of Vaylats?
327 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (269).
How old are Vaylats’ residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaylats?
50, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaylats?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaylats?
€23,330 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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