A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
Households in social housing: 5.5% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 330 households in Lemps at the 2023 Census, home to 798 residents. In Lemps, 6.2% of homes are flats. This Ardèche town has more households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 20%.
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 Lemps
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Lemps behind 60% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardèche town +4%.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 84% 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
■ Lemps 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Lemps is 45.6, higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 20% 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 about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.3%. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people. Couples with children are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.8% (under two years). Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 59% of compared French towns: 7.5%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,890 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.
Living standards centre on €25,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 58% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On households headed by a retired person, Lemps sits higher than 51% of compared French towns: 33%. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lemps, 2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1%, 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.
Lemps ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 54%
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
With single residents at 19%, Lemps is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Lemps, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 70% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Lemps comes in at 32%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 798 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 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Lemps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemps | 45.6 | 19% | 4.8% | 2.3% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 3.3 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 3.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 5.4 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 6.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 6.4 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 7.3 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
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 Lemps
What is the population of Lemps?
798 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (779).
How old are Lemps’ residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lemps?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lemps?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lemps?
€25,890 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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