Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.4% in Vallan, less than in 95% of compared French towns
In Vallan, 2.9% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 674 residents in 340 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 29: that is how common households in social housing are in Vallan (3.5%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 4.3%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
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 Vallan
Empty homes
The census found 49 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 78% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Yonne town −4%.
Vallan is older than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vallan 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Each household has 2 people on average. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Vallan sits lower than three fifths of compared French towns: 23%.
Households without a car: 4.7%, a lower share than 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Vallan has 12%. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Fewer second homes than in 63% of compared French towns: 1.5%.
A median standard of living of €26,060 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 €26,060 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Here 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 78% of compared French towns: 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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 Vallan, 4.5% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
The share of married residents trails 62% of compared French towns: 41%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 graduates of higher education at 31% in Vallan. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 674 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Vallan, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Vallan
What is the population of Vallan?
674 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (687).
How old are Vallan’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vallan?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vallan?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vallan?
€26,060 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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