Venthon ranks above 86% of compared French towns on second homes: 8.4%
The figure for households without a car is 5.1% in Venthon and 11% in the typical compared French town. At 8.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 84% of compared French towns. There were 290 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 606 residents. 27% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four.
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.
Slower growth than 69% of compared French towns: Venthon changed by ±0% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Savoie town +9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 68% 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
■ Venthon 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Venthon is 45.5, higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 60% of compared French towns: 27%
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 here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 36% in Venthon and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
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
11% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in nine. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,830 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.
Living standards centre on €27,830 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns: 18%
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
8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 12. To put it in context, 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).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
In Venthon, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 59% 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: 43% of the total. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Venthon, less 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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 606 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Around Venthon, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venthon | 45.5 | 19% | 8.4% | 3.1% |
| Albertville 19,978 · 1.8 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 4.2% | 17% |
| Mercury 3,495 · 3.2 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 3,149 · 3.4 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Ugine 7,154 · 4.6 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 7.3% | 10% |
| Faverges-Seythenex 7,545 · 7 mi | 49 | 27% | 8.6% | 9.3% |
| La Léchère 2,538 · 11.1 mi | 46 | 21% | 46% | 8.2% |
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 Venthon
What is the population of Venthon?
606 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (605).
How old are Venthon’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venthon?
28, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venthon?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venthon?
€27,830 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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