Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0Households without a car make up 4.8% in Villelaure, less than in 89% of compared French towns
Couples with children make up 31%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In Villelaure, 14% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 3,398 residents in 1,450 households: that is Villelaure at the 2023 Census.
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.
+5% since 2012: slower than 51% 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
The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Villelaure 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Villelaure is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 85% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Nearly one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Empty homes make up 10% in Villelaure, more than in 80% 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
The figure for second homes is 4.1% in Villelaure and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,540 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.
Half of Villelaure’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 75% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
Villelaure: 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 82% 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 Villelaure, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 11%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Villelaure, 3.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Villelaure has 2.1%. By way of comparison, 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.
More married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Villelaure comes in at 22%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Villelaure sits above 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (37%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 16%, below 66% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,369 to 3,425 people: this is the 21st 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.
Porcheville is the youngest (37.3); Saint-Cast-le-Guildo the oldest (64.9).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Villelaure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villelaure | 45 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 3.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Pertuis 19,548 · 3.7 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 2.3% | 6.9% |
| Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade 5,935 · 3.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 3.6% | 5.6% |
| Rognes 4,693 · 5.6 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 5.9% | 5.3% |
| La Tour-d'Aigues 4,405 · 5.7 mi | 48 | 25% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 6.3 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 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 Villelaure
What is the population of Villelaure?
3,398 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (3,246).
How old are Villelaure’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villelaure?
69, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villelaure?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 72 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villelaure?
€28,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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