Second homes make up 29% in Lentillères, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Lentillères, 25% of households are one person living alone. The 2023 Census counted 236 residents in 100 households. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.9% of households have no car here.
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 Lentillères
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lentillères, 29% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% 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.
7.7% of homes are flats, below 91% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Lentillères. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
+4% since 2012: slower than 55% 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%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% in Lentillères, less than in 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
■ Lentillères 43. The median compared French town: 44.
16% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43, Lentillères is younger than 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are couples with children in Lentillères. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€23,500 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,500 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Lentillères sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (15%)
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Lentillères, 25%. About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Lentillères (10%). Across the comparison, 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).
3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Lentillères. Elsewhere, 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.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 20% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Lentillères, 36%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Lentillères ranks below 99% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 5.7%
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 Lentillères comes in at 46%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 236 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th youngest
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 young as Lentillères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lentillères | 43 | 16% | 29% | 3% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 3.5 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 3.8 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 4.3 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 10.2 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Privas 8,538 · 16.2 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 16.9 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
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 Lentillères
What is the population of Lentillères?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (228).
How old are Lentillères’ residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lentillères?
49, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lentillères?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lentillères?
€23,500 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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