Households without a car make up 4.4% in Velleron, less than in 92% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At 4.8%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Velleron had 3,168 residents in 1,430 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over: 26% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Velleron ahead of 64% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Velleron is over 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Velleron 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%, Velleron is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer one-person households than 77% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 7% of homes are second homes
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
10% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 50% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,110 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,110 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 13.0% of residents.
In Velleron, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 64% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Velleron has 11%. Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. On average, nearly a third 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).
Immigrants make up 4.9% in Velleron, less than in 64% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Velleron has 3.2%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Velleron, more than in 88% 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
With single residents at 21%, Velleron is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Velleron ranks above 59% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 33%
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
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,149 to 3,187 people: this is the 17th 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.
Longperrier is the youngest (33.7); Meschers-sur-Gironde the oldest (66.1).
No nearby town is as old as Velleron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velleron | 49.5 | 26% | 7% | 4.9% |
| Le Thor 8,882 · 2.6 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 6.2% |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines 10,504 · 2.9 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.8% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
| Althen-des-Paluds 2,960 · 4.6 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne 3,565 · 4.7 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon 5,206 · 4.8 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 5% | 4.8% |
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 Velleron
What is the population of Velleron?
3,168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,927).
How old are Velleron’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Velleron?
120, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Velleron?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Velleron?
€27,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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