Couples with children: 12%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
In Lavoine, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 153, in 79 households. 1.3% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Lavoine
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lavoine, 33% of its 150 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Lavoine’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Lavoine’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 24% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (15%): 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 Lavoine, 33% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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 without a car: 7.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common empty homes are in Lavoine (15%). Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 80% 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
The median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +5%.
Half of Lavoine is over 53.8, older than 92% 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
■ Lavoine 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
32% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 19% in Lavoine, more than in 99% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Lavoine. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
Median living standard: €23,820 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,820 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
50% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 97% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Lavoine. What’s more, households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 32% 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).
In Lavoine, 2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 32%, a higher share than 84% of compared French towns
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
Here 40% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 26% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Lavoine has 26%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Lavoine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavoine | 53.8 | 32% | 33% | 2.6% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 10.3 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Thiers 11,637 · 11.3 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 3.8% | 11% |
| Renaison 3,231 · 12.4 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 12.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 14.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 15.9 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Lavoine
What is the population of Lavoine?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (157).
How old are Lavoine’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavoine?
50, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavoine?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavoine?
€23,820 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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