Lespéron: 51% of homes are second homes, above 97% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 3.5% in Lespéron and 11% in the typical compared French town. 330 residents in 170 households: that is Lespéron at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 38: 2.6% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Lespéron
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lespéron, 51% of its 390 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Lespéron’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 5.5%, a lower share than 68% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
From 2012 to 2023, 53% of compared French towns grew faster than Lespéron: +4%
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 Ardèche town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Half of Lespéron is over 52.3, older than 90% 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
■ Lespéron 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7%, Lespéron is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Lespéron (28%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 97% of compared French towns, at 5.7%
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Lespéron has 43%. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children account for 22%.
At the median, €25,750 a year to live on
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 €25,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 69% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 34%, Lespéron is ahead of just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.2% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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.
The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Lespéron.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 90% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Lespéron. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Lespéron ranks below 68% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
Graduates of higher education: 27%, below 60% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 330 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Lespéron and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lespéron | 52.3 | 28% | 51% | 1.2% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 1.9 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
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 Lespéron
What is the population of Lespéron?
330 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (317).
How old are Lespéron’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lespéron?
200, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lespéron?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lespéron?
€25,750 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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