Flats: 70%, a higher share than 90% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in La Valette-du-Var comes in at 26%. Census day 2023: 23,719 residents and 11,780 households here. Across La Valette-du-Var, 19% of households are couples with children. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.3%.
Throughout this page, the Var 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.
+12% since 2012, a pace 75% 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
The median Var town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +13% and the next six −1%.
A median age of 45.3: La Valette-du-Var is older than 59% 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
■ La Valette-du-Var 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in La Valette-du-Var comes in at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 43%, a higher share than 78% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. One in ten households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 66% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.2%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Locally, 13% of households have no car.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,770 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 €26,770 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 13.2% of residents are below the line.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 34% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Here, 9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 63% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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.
That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in La Valette-du-Var (5.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 71% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Valette-du-Var. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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 33 in Loos to 52.5 in Challans.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around La Valette-du-Var are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Valette-du-Var | 45.3 | 26% | 1.2% | 5.6% |
| La Garde 26,476 · 1.4 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 2.7% | 8% |
| Le Pradet 10,933 · 2.9 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 22% | 4.8% |
| Toulon 179,116 · 3 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 3% | 9.6% |
| La Farlède 10,014 · 3.2 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Solliès-Ville 2,504 · 3.7 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
| Le Revest-les-Eaux 4,074 · 3.9 mi | 49.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 3% |
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 La Valette-du-Var
What is the population of La Valette-du-Var?
23,719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (21,155).
How old are La Valette-du-Var’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Valette-du-Var?
160, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Valette-du-Var?
INSEE counts 1,330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 730 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Valette-du-Var?
€26,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.2% 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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