Second homes make up 85% in Valloire, more than in 99% of compared French towns
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 2% in Valloire. The town is home to 1,064 residents in 500 households, by the 2023 Census. In Valloire, 1.3% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, flats are common here: 80%, more than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Valloire
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 3,160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valloire, 85% of its 3,710 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 14% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Valloire had 1,193 residents at the 2012 census and 1,064 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 64% of compared French towns: 9.3%
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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9% of households have no car in Valloire.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Valloire: −11%
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 Savoie town +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Valloire 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, half of Valloire’s residents are over 45.7, older than in 61% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Valloire, 6.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. 39% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. Here 27% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
€28,020 a year: the median 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 residents live in households above €28,020 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
8.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 87% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (37%), Valloire is above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 2.2% 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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 61% 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
Married residents come to 42% in Valloire, about four in ten. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
8% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Valloire has 35%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 1,064 to 2,582 people
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.
Older than Valloire: 2 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valloire | 45.7 | 24% | 85% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 7,524 · 8.6 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.1% | 15% |
| Modane 2,849 · 12.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 42% | 15% |
| Les Belleville 3,498 · 15.3 mi | 42.4 | 15% | 88% | 7.2% |
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 Valloire
What is the population of Valloire?
1,064 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (1,193).
How old are Valloire’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valloire?
3,160, with occasional dwellings: 85% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valloire?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valloire?
€28,020 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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