Villethierry sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.1%)
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3% of households have no car here. At the 2023 Census, 789 people lived in Villethierry, in 330 households. In Villethierry, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 93% 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 Villethierry
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 3.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Villethierry had 829 residents at the 2012 census and 789 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012: slower than 87% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 81% 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
■ Villethierry 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Villethierry’s residents are under 43.7, younger than in 52% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Villethierry sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.1%)
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
The figure for couples with children is 34% in Villethierry and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Second homes: 9.4%, a higher share than 87% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Turnover: 7.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €27,060 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €27,060 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 98% of compared French towns
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 just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 27% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 51% and 6.9%, and 4.9% are widowed. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Villethierry
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 20% in Villethierry. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 789 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Villethierry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villethierry | 43.7 | 14% | 9.4% | 3.5% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 5.1 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 6 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Cannes-Écluse 2,742 · 7.9 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 2% | 7.8% |
| Varennes-sur-Seine 3,748 · 9.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 17% |
| Paron 4,834 · 9.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Montereau-Fault-Yonne 22,279 · 10.2 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 Villethierry
What is the population of Villethierry?
789 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (829).
How old are Villethierry’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villethierry?
37, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villethierry?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villethierry?
€27,060 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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