A median age of 56.4: Villesèque is older than 96% of compared French towns
1% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Villesèque’s 210 households held 409 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 7.1% locally. Fewer households without a car than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%.
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 Villesèque
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villesèque, 18% of its 270 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Villesèque’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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
6.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 18% of homes are second homes. Still, in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Villesèque, 3%.
Villesèque changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 68% 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 population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lot town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villesèque 56.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 91% of compared French towns: 33%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Villesèque ranks below 86% of compared French towns on couples with children: 17%
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
Single-parent households make up 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Each household has 2 people on average.
The median resident lives on €26,860 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,860 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
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 share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 72% of compared French towns: 4.2% of residents are immigrants
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 make up 2.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Fewer single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no 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
In Villesèque, a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (409 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).
Around Villesèque, 2 of 4 towns have a higher median age
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 Villesèque
What is the population of Villesèque?
409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (407).
How old are Villesèque’s residents?
The median age is 56.4, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villesèque?
49, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villesèque?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villesèque?
€26,860 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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