Vertolaye: 20% of homes are second homes, above 93% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 17%, below 84% of compared French towns. Vertolaye had 562 residents in 280 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a retired person: 45% of the total. With a median age of 47.8, Vertolaye is older than 74% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Vertolaye
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vertolaye, 20% of its 400 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are flats, fewer than in 82% 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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 6.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Vertolaye. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common empty homes are in Vertolaye (9.2%).
−1% since 2012: slower than 73% 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 −5%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Only 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Vertolaye
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vertolaye 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vertolaye, 26% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Vertolaye, 7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 89% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2 people. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns.
€24,590 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,590 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% 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
In Vertolaye, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Immigrants make up 4.1% in Vertolaye, less than in 73% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 3.2% in Vertolaye and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Above 67% of compared French towns: 28% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Vertolaye. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Vertolaye sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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 Vertolaye, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
4 of 5 neighbors are older than Vertolaye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertolaye | 47.8 | 26% | 20% | 4.1% |
| Ambert 6,517 · 7.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| Courpière 4,166 · 11.1 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 15.7 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| Thiers 11,637 · 16.5 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 3.8% | 11% |
| Montbrison 16,123 · 17.3 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 2.8% | 6.4% |
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 Vertolaye
What is the population of Vertolaye?
562 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (566).
How old are Vertolaye’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vertolaye?
80, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vertolaye?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vertolaye?
€24,590 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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