Fewer households in social housing than 97% of compared French towns: 2%
The figure for flats is 7.5% in Lescheroux and 30% in the typical compared French town. Its 290 households held 726 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the town. Few places have so few households without a car: 3.7% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Lescheroux
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 46 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 53% 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
Over those years, the median Ain town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 41.4: Lescheroux is younger than 70% 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
■ Lescheroux 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 25%
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 5.1% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 33%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Lescheroux ranks above 91% of compared French towns on empty homes: 13%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Lescheroux comes in at 5.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,080 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 median standard of living in Lescheroux is €25,080 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Lescheroux: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 57% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 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).
In Lescheroux, 2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 86% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.9%, Lescheroux is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lescheroux ranks below 97% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Lescheroux has 51%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Lescheroux has 24%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th youngest of 41 French towns of 726 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Lescheroux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lescheroux | 41.4 | 19% | 5.9% | 2.5% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 5.4 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 8.6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 10.6 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 11 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 11.1 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 11.8 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
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 Lescheroux
What is the population of Lescheroux?
726 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (688).
How old are Lescheroux’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lescheroux?
21, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lescheroux?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lescheroux?
€25,080 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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