Villecroze ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 30%
The median age in Villecroze is 50, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Villecroze was home to 1,514 people in 710 households. Locally, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). The share of households without a car trails 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Villecroze
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 340 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villecroze, 30% of its 1,110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 76% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Villecroze, 22% of homes are flats, fewer than in 64% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 14% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 14%. At 5.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Villecroze outgrew 75% of compared French towns: +12%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +10% for the median Var town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villecroze 50. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (28%), Villecroze is above four fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Villecroze sits above 88% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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 average 2.1 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Villecroze has 34%.
Half above, half below €24,830 a year in standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.6%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 11%, Villecroze is behind 69% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 27% in the town. For comparison, 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns, at 8.5%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 6.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Villecroze. Against that, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Locally, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,514 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Villecroze sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villecroze | 50 | 28% | 30% | 8.5% |
| Salernes 4,019 · 2.4 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 14% | 8.8% |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 5.8 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 17% | 7.5% |
| Lorgues 9,849 · 6.8 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 19% | 10% |
| Carcès 3,540 · 8.1 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 18% | 7.7% |
| Le Thoronet 2,631 · 8.3 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 19% | 7.1% |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 9.6 mi | 42.9 | 23% | 2.7% | 10% |
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 Villecroze
What is the population of Villecroze?
1,514 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,349).
How old are Villecroze’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villecroze?
340, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villecroze?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 94 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villecroze?
€24,830 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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