Lalouvesc is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.9
Couples with children: 17%, below 84% of compared French towns. For Lalouvesc, the census puts households in social housing at 4.5%. The town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than nearly four fifths of compared French towns, at 5.7%. At the 2023 Census Lalouvesc was home to 388 people in 180 households.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Lalouvesc
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 290 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lalouvesc, 59% of its 500 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 62% 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 Lalouvesc’s residents are under 63.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 21% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
59% of homes are second homes, more than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Lalouvesc comes in at 26%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 19 here (5.4%).
Lalouvesc changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 84% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 48%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Lalouvesc 63.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 43% of households are one person living alone
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
Standard of living at the median: €22,840 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 Lalouvesc is €22,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. 5.7% of Lalouvesc’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 57% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lalouvesc ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Lalouvesc. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Lalouvesc, 45%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Lalouvesc, 37% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 99% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 21% in Lalouvesc and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 388 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 63.9 in Lalouvesc.
No nearby town is as old as Lalouvesc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalouvesc | 63.9 | 48% | 59% | 1.8% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 9.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 10.9 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Dunières 2,670 · 11.3 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.1% |
| Tence 3,111 · 11.5 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 19% | 1.9% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 11.6 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 11.7 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
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 Lalouvesc
What is the population of Lalouvesc?
388 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (404).
How old are Lalouvesc’s residents?
The median age is 63.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lalouvesc?
290, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lalouvesc?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lalouvesc?
€22,840 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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