Valeyres-sous-Rances - Demographics

Demographics

Valeyres-sous-Rances has a population (as of December 2011) of 547. As of 2008, 15.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 0%. It has changed at a rate of -2.4% due to migration and at a rate of 2.6% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (472 or 95.0%), with German being second most common (9 or 1.8%) and Italian being third (4 or 0.8%).

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Valeyres-sous-Rances is; 50 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 89 teenagers or 17.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 67 people or 13.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 56 people or 11.0% are between 30 and 39, 90 people or 17.8% are between 40 and 49, and 73 people or 14.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 39 people or 7.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 25 people or 4.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 2.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 1.0% who are 90 and older.

As of 2000, there were 201 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 252 married individuals, 18 widows or widowers and 26 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000, there were 191 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 48 households that consist of only one person and 18 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 193 households that answered this question, 24.9% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 51 married couples without children, 76 married couples with children There were 13 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

In 2000 there were 81 single family homes (or 57.9% of the total) out of a total of 140 inhabited buildings. There were 23 multi-family buildings (16.4%), along with 27 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (19.3%) and 9 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.4%). In 2000, a total of 174 apartments (81.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 33 apartments (15.5%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (2.8%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.46%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: