Violès: 8% of homes are second homes, above 85% of compared French towns
By its share of one-person households (29%), Violès is below 83% of compared French towns. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Vaucluse town had 1,762 residents in 730 households at the 2023 census. Flats account for 11%.
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.
Faster growth than 78% of compared French towns: Violès changed by +13% since 2012
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 +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of compared French towns: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Violès 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Violès is 45, higher than in 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 83% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. 12% of households are single parents, more than in 75% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 88% of compared French towns: 5%
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
Empty homes: 8.5%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,350 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.
At €24,350 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.9%, a lower share than 87% 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, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Violès, 18%. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 35% here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.5% of residents are immigrants, more than in 57% 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 higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 4.6%. The wider picture: 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.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Violès ranks above 60% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 21%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Violès and 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,762 to 2,582 people
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.
Around Violès, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violès | 45 | 23% | 8% | 7.5% |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 4 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.9% | 6.7% |
| Jonquières 5,201 · 4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Sarrians 5,792 · 5.4 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 2,939 · 5.4 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 5% |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 13% | 7.9% |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 2,656 · 6.3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 7.8% | 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 Violès
What is the population of Violès?
1,762 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,558).
How old are Violès’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Violès?
70, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Violès?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Violès?
€24,350 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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