Half of Viverols is over 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Viverols has 58%. At 2.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. 442 residents in 210 households: that is Viverols at the 2023 Census. For Viverols, the census puts households in social housing at 0.9%.
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 Viverols
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Viverols, 32% of its 400 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Viverols’ residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 57 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.
32% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 14% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. 7.5% of households have no car, a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Viverols, 15% of homes are flats.
+8% since 2012, a pace 62% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.4%, 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
■ Viverols 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Viverols comes in at 39%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 14% of households are couples with children
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 here average 2 people each. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 37% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
Median standard of living: €23,880 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.
At €23,880 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (58%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Viverols, 2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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 2% in Viverols and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 53% of residents 15 and over are married in Viverols. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns
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
Adults with no qualification: 24%, above 72% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 442 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Viverols
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viverols | 58.9 | 39% | 32% | 2.5% |
| Ambert 6,517 · 10.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| Bas-en-Basset 4,638 · 14.1 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez 5,116 · 14.1 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy 4,142 · 14.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Montbrison 16,123 · 14.8 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 2.8% | 6.4% |
| Savigneux 3,509 · 15.6 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 Viverols
What is the population of Viverols?
442 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (410).
How old are Viverols’ residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viverols?
130, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viverols?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viverols?
€23,880 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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