More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 28%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Villars has 3.7%. Census day 2023: 783 residents and 390 households in the town. Households without a car account for 3.1%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.4%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Villars
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villars, 28% of its 590 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Villars’ residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 5.2%, a lower share than 95% 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
6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.2%.
Villars’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 76% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Vaucluse. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Villars is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villars 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Villars and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
8.5% of households are single parents, below 74% 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 37% in Villars and 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Households average 2 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 61% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,650 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,650 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 66% of compared French towns: 35%
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 16%, Villars is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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).
4.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 54% 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.
The median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. Locally, 6.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Villars sits below 71% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 44% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 783 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Villars
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villars | 51.8 | 29% | 28% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 2.7 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Apt 10,143 · 3.4 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 3.6 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Lauris 3,921 · 13.2 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 13.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Villelaure 3,398 · 15 mi | 45 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
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 Villars
What is the population of Villars?
783 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (794).
How old are Villars’ residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villars?
170, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villars?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villars?
€25,650 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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