Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.6% of homes are flats
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 47% of households are headed by a retired person in Le Val d'Ocre. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.4%. The town has fewer households without a car than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 6.1%. In 2023, the Census found 563 residents locally, living in 260 households.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Le Val d'Ocre
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Val d'Ocre, 18% of its 370 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Val d'Ocre had 587 residents at the 2012 census and 563 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes in Le Val d'Ocre are second homes
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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 7% of the total.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 85% 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
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Val d'Ocre 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Le Val d'Ocre is 48.7, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 22%, a lower share than 66% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A third of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten households are single parents in Le Val d'Ocre. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
At the median, €24,690 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €24,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Only 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Le Val d'Ocre
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 12%, Le Val d'Ocre is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Val d'Ocre ranks below 89% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.3%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1%, Le Val d'Ocre is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Le Val d'Ocre comes in at 50%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 57% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Le Val d'Ocre. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 563 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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Le Val d'Ocre are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Val d'Ocre | 48.7 | 29% | 18% | 2.3% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 5.1 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 9.9 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 10.5 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 10.7 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 11.9 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
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 Le Val d'Ocre
What is the population of Le Val d'Ocre?
563 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (587).
How old are Le Val d'Ocre’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Val d'Ocre?
66, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Val d'Ocre?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Val d'Ocre?
€24,690 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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