11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Villevallier is home to 416 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 4.5% in the town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Villevallier has 4.9%.
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 Villevallier
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Villevallier, 11% of its 260 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% 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 32 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.
In Villevallier, 7.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 92% 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
12% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
±0% since 2012: slower than 69% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
Half of Villevallier is over 49.2, older than 80% 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
■ Villevallier 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Villevallier: 40% of households are one person living alone, above 68% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The average household has 2 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. With couples with children at 26%, Villevallier is ahead of 56% of compared French towns on that count.
The median resident lives on €24,570 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.
Half of Villevallier’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Villevallier ranks above 68% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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
Households headed by a retired person come to 32% in Villevallier, about three in ten. As a reference point, 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).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 3.1% of residents are immigrants
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: 1.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 67% of compared French towns: 23%
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
For Villevallier, the census puts married residents at 42%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Villevallier
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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 416 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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Villevallier
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 Villevallier
What is the population of Villevallier?
416 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (415).
How old are Villevallier’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villevallier?
30, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villevallier?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villevallier?
€24,570 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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