Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.6% of homes are flats
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.9% in Louâtre and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town had 203 residents in 92 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker come to 28% locally, about three in ten. On households without a car, Louâtre sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 7.1%.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Louâtre
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Louâtre, 18% of its 120 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 18%, a higher share than 93% 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. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.1% (under two years). One household in 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Slower growth than 79% of compared French towns: Louâtre changed by −2% since 2012
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, −4% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
Older than 58% of compared French towns: half of Louâtre is over 45.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Louâtre 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Louâtre.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Louâtre has 33%. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten households are single parents. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,720 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 €26,720 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
In Louâtre, 44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 92% 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. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Louâtre sits below 72% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.1%)
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.
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Louâtre sits below 91% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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 share of married residents tops 81% of compared French towns: 47%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 76% of compared French towns: 15%
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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Louâtre (30%). In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (203 to 2,582 people), the 21st oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Louâtre: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louâtre | 45.2 | 24% | 18% | 4.1% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 6.9 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 8.4 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 9.1 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 9.6 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 11.1 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 12.7 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
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 Louâtre
What is the population of Louâtre?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (208).
How old are Louâtre’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louâtre?
22, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louâtre?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louâtre?
€26,720 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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