Viviers ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 29%
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 2.2% of homes are flats, or about one in 45. At the 2023 Census, 106 people lived in Viviers, in 55 households. The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 50%.
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 Viviers
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Viviers, 29% of its 94 homes: higher than in 95% 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
Viviers had 140 residents at the 2012 census and 106 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Viviers’ residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 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.
12% of homes stand empty, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 3.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 39% have lived in their home 30 years or more. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Add to that, 8.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Since 2012, Viviers has changed by −24%, slower than 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −9%, then −17% to 2023. Over those years, the median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 53: Viviers is older than 91% 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
■ Viviers 53. The median compared French town: 44.
9.1% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 25% in Viviers.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Viviers sits below 86% of compared French towns for couples with children (17%)
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Viviers comes in at 42%. Average household size: 1.9 people. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€26,930 a year: the median standard of living
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 €26,930 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 17%, a higher share than 67% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Viviers, 10% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 82% of compared French towns
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In Viviers, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
27% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 census found that 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Viviers. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
21% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 62% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Viviers. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Viviers is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viviers | 53 | 25% | 29% | 8.2% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 4.7 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 16.1 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 16.3 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 16.4 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
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 Viviers
What is the population of Viviers?
106 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (140).
How old are Viviers’ residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viviers?
27, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viviers?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viviers?
€26,930 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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