Households without a car make up 1.6% in Usseau, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 0.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 250 households in Usseau at the 2023 Census, home to 573 residents. Locally, 24% of households are one person living alone. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Usseau
Fewer residents than in 2012
Usseau had 657 residents at the 2012 census and 573 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −13% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Vienne town, the change came in two steps: −8% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
A median age of 48: Usseau is older than 75% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Usseau 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%). Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 54% of compared French towns: 10%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. For Usseau, the census puts couples with children at 26%.
8.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 65% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Usseau has 3.2%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,500 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 residents live in households above €25,500 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Usseau ranks above 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 26%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Usseau. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% 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 1.6% in Usseau, less than in 96% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a yardstick, 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 lower share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Usseau has 45%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Usseau
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 make up about one in five here (20%). Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 573 to 2,582
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).
Usseau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usseau | 48 | 23% | 3.2% | 1.6% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 3.6 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 5 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain 2,959 · 6.2 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 7.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 10.6 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 11.5 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
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 Usseau
What is the population of Usseau?
573 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (657).
How old are Usseau’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Usseau?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Usseau?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Usseau?
€25,500 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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