Only 1.5% of homes are flats in Val-de-Comporté
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Val-de-Comporté has 45%. In Val-de-Comporté, 7% of residents are 15 to 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Val-de-Comporté was home to 999 people in 470 households.
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 Val-de-Comporté
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Val-de-Comporté, 12% of its 590 homes: higher than in 89% 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 Val-de-Comporté’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Val-de-Comporté sits above 89% of compared French towns for second homes (12%)
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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Val-de-Comporté has 5.7%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 9.3%.
Val-de-Comporté changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 67% 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 median Vienne town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six −1%.
Val-de-Comporté is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Val-de-Comporté 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Val-de-Comporté has 30%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 78% of compared French towns: 19%
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
30% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €23,770 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 €23,770 a year: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 72% 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 Val-de-Comporté, 7.9% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Val-de-Comporté, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
53% are married and 5.1% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.7% are widowed. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
With adults with no qualification at 24%, Val-de-Comporté is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (999 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Val-de-Comporté: 2 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Comporté | 51.3 | 30% | 12% | 7.9% |
| Civray 2,522 · 3.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 7.4 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 12.6 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
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 Val-de-Comporté
What is the population of Val-de-Comporté?
999 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (993).
How old are Val-de-Comporté’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Val-de-Comporté?
68, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Val-de-Comporté?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Val-de-Comporté?
€23,770 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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