Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
The share of flats is 3.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 575 residents and 260 households in Vallery. In Vallery, 5.8% of households are single parents.
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 Vallery
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vallery, 11% of its 340 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Vallery, 14% of homes stand empty, more than in 94% 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
20% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.3% moved in within the last two years. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Vallery sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 11%.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 57% 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 Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +3%.
Vallery sits below 93% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vallery 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 49.3, Vallery is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% 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 household here holds 2.3 people on average. Fewer couples with children than in 59% of compared French towns: 23%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,480 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,480 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Vallery has 12%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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 Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 100: that is how common foreign nationals are in Vallery (1%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Vallery
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 figure for married residents is 49% in Vallery and 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 74% of compared French towns
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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, a higher share than in 54% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Vallery
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallery | 49.3 | 23% | 11% | 2.4% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 7.1 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 7.8 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Cannes-Écluse 2,742 · 9.2 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 2% | 7.8% |
| Paron 4,834 · 10.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Varennes-sur-Seine 3,748 · 10.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 17% |
| Montereau-Fault-Yonne 22,279 · 11.4 mi | 34.5 | 16% | 0.7% | 28% |
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 Vallery
What is the population of Vallery?
575 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (557).
How old are Vallery’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vallery?
36, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vallery?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% 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 Vallery?
€26,480 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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