Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Loddes is over 55.8
4.9% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 82 households in Loddes at the 2023 Census, home to 166 residents. Households headed by a manual worker: 6.3% of the total. Couples with children are rarer here than in nearly four fifths 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 Loddes
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loddes, 23% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Loddes’ residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (18%): 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 town of second homes: 23% of its homes
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Loddes, the census puts empty homes at 18%. Some 6.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more.
+6% since 2012, a pace 54% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Allier town −1%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loddes 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 89% of compared French towns: 32%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Loddes sits above 83% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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
The typical household size is 2 people. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Locally, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,250 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 €22,250 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 37%
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. As a reference point, 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns, at 12%
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.
One in ten residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Married residents make up 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 166 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Loddes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loddes | 55.8 | 32% | 23% | 12% |
| Lapalisse 3,138 · 6.9 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 3% | 4.5% |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 2,959 · 16.5 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 16.9 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 17.4 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Digoin 7,353 · 17.6 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 1.9% | 15% |
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 Loddes
What is the population of Loddes?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (157).
How old are Loddes’ residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loddes?
33, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loddes?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (9.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loddes?
€22,250 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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