34% of households are couples with children, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Villeneuve-les-Sablons comes in at 4%. Households without a car account for 4.8%. At 14%, the share of flats is lower than in 80% of compared French towns. The town had 1,196 residents in 500 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Villeneuve-les-Sablons
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villeneuve-les-Sablons had 1,298 residents at the 2012 census and 1,196 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.5% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Villeneuve-les-Sablons changed by −8% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Villeneuve-les-Sablons, less than in 82% 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
■ Villeneuve-les-Sablons 45. The median compared French town: 44.
In Villeneuve-les-Sablons, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 45, older than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 5.5% of households are single parents in Villeneuve-les-Sablons
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents. Villeneuve-les-Sablons has fewer one-person households than 92% of compared French towns, at 26%.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 71% of compared French towns: 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €28,810 a year in standard of living
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 Villeneuve-les-Sablons’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,810 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, below 69% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Villeneuve-les-Sablons has 11%. Locally, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker. The usual figure: nearly a third 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).
Villeneuve-les-Sablons sits below 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Villeneuve-les-Sablons, 1.9%. On average, 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.
Villeneuve-les-Sablons: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 83% 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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Villeneuve-les-Sablons sits below 64% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Villeneuve-les-Sablons. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,196 to 2,582
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.
Villeneuve-les-Sablons is older than every town around it
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 Villeneuve-les-Sablons
What is the population of Villeneuve-les-Sablons?
1,196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,298).
How old are Villeneuve-les-Sablons’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villeneuve-les-Sablons?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villeneuve-les-Sablons?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villeneuve-les-Sablons?
€28,810 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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