Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.8% of households have no car
With second homes at 9%, Villard-Léger is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. Meanwhile, on flats, Villard-Léger sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 7.8%. At the 2023 Census Villard-Léger was home to 433 people in 190 households. One-person households make up about one in five here (22%).
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 Villard-Léger
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villard-Léger had 508 residents at the 2012 census and 433 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 2.7% single parents with children; 11% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Villard-Léger’s population moved −15% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Savoie town +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 15% in Villard-Léger, more than in 95% 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
■ Villard-Léger 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
17% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Villard-Léger is 47.9, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Villard-Léger, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 90% 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
2.7% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
In Villard-Léger, 11% of homes stand empty, more than in 85% 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
Turnover: 8.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €28,030 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,030 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 88% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails three quarters of compared French towns: 28%. At 5.4%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.2%, a lower share than 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 2.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 81% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Villard-Léger, 41%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 23%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 433 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.
No nearby town is as old as Villard-Léger
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villard-Léger | 47.9 | 17% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Valgelon-La Rochette 4,207 · 4 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny 4,217 · 4.5 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.8% | 7% |
| Montmélian 4,024 · 5.6 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 16% |
| Porte-de-Savoie 3,974 · 8.2 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.5% | 4.2% |
| Allevard 3,971 · 8.8 mi | 46 | 22% | 29% | 7.5% |
| Pontcharra 7,350 · 8.9 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.8% | 8.8% |
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 Villard-Léger
What is the population of Villard-Léger?
433 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (508).
How old are Villard-Léger’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villard-Léger?
21, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villard-Léger?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villard-Léger?
€28,030 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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