Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of La Verdière is over 55.6
Households headed by a retired person: 41% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, on single-parent households, La Verdière sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%. In 2023, the Census found 1,668 residents locally, living in 780 households. The census found that 5.5% of households have no car in the town.
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.
What stands out about the people of La Verdière
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 300 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Verdière, 24% of its 1,220 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Verdière’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 140 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 9.9% of homes are flats, or about one in ten. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 66% 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 −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Var town +10%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in La Verdière, more than in 92% 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 Verdière 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of 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: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In La Verdière, 19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 77% 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 75% of compared French towns.
€24,990 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,990 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 67% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.9% of La Verdière’s residents
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 median compared commune in Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% of residents are immigrants. On foreign nationals, 3.6% here is much the same as 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 La Verdière, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Here 18% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 68% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 5th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than La Verdière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Verdière | 55.6 | 33% | 24% | 5.9% |
| Barjols 2,984 · 6.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 11% | 4.9% |
| Gréoux-les-Bains 3,084 · 8.3 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 59% | 7% |
| Vinon-sur-Verdon 4,464 · 8.7 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 12% | 8.3% |
| Rians 4,223 · 9.2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 10% | 5.3% |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 2,818 · 10.5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| Bras 2,637 · 12.1 mi | 44.5 | 19% | 11% | 3.8% |
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 La Verdière
What is the population of La Verdière?
1,668 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,652).
How old are La Verdière’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Verdière?
300, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Verdière?
INSEE counts 98 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Verdière?
€24,990 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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