Photo: Benjism89 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 33.9: Valenton is younger than 98% of compared French towns
32% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Census day 2023: 14,406 residents and 5,440 households in Valenton. In Valenton, 3.1% of homes stand empty. Couples with children are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Val-de-Marne 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 Valenton
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,700 immigrants in Valenton (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 33% of residents, against 23% for the median compared commune in Val-de-Marne. 26% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Valenton’s residents are under 33.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
51% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 19% rent privately and 28% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Valenton had 12,231 residents at the 2012 census and 14,406 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Valenton’s population changed by +18% since 2012, more than in 87% 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 population moved +21%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Val-de-Marne town +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 12%, a lower share than 97% 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
■ Valenton 33.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 13% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Valenton sits above 98% of compared French towns for single-parent households (17%)
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 Val-de-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.6 people each. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Valenton has 37%.
Valenton ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 51%
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
In the last two years, 7.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Flats are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.2%.
The median resident lives on €20,040 a year per consumption unit
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 €20,040 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 96% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 31.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a retired person make up 19% in Valenton, less 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 20% in Valenton and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 33%
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.
Just over a quarter of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Valenton: 39% of residents 15 and over are single, above 97% 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 Valenton, two in five residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Valenton comes in at 25%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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 32.9 in Persan to 55.6 in Douarnenez.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Valenton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valenton | 33.9 | 12% | 1.2% | 33% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges 36,221 · 0.7 mi | 32.9 | 11% | 0.7% | 40% |
| Limeil-Brévannes 27,406 · 1.1 mi | 34 | 13% | 1.1% | 23% |
| Bonneuil-sur-Marne 18,270 · 1.8 mi | 36 | 15% | 0.6% | 27% |
| Crosne 9,610 · 2.1 mi | 38.3 | 15% | 1.4% | 15% |
| Villeneuve-le-Roi 21,000 · 2.1 mi | 38.2 | 16% | 0.4% | 27% |
| Boissy-Saint-Léger 17,325 · 2.2 mi | 35.8 | 13% | 1.4% | 27% |
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 Valenton
What is the population of Valenton?
14,406 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (12,231).
How old are Valenton’s residents?
The median age is 33.9, younger than 98% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valenton?
70, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valenton?
INSEE counts 4,710 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 33% of residents, and 3,760 foreign nationals (26%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valenton?
€20,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 31.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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