A median age of 59.8: Loubaresse is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 20: 4.9% of homes are flats. At the 2023 Census Loubaresse was home to 43 people in 23 households. Nearly one in ten households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
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 Loubaresse
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loubaresse, 62% of its 61 homes: higher than in 99% 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 Loubaresse’s residents are under 59.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Loubaresse had 31 residents at the 2012 census and 43 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Loubaresse’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 62% of homes are second 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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.3% (under two years). Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. One household in 12 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Faster growth than 98% of compared French towns: Loubaresse changed by +39% since 2012
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
In two steps, +32% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Ardèche.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7%, a lower share than 97% 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
■ Loubaresse 59.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of residents are 65 or over here. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
More one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Loubaresse: 50% of households are headed by a retired person, above 97% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 2.3% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
In Loubaresse, 10% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
54% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
With graduates of higher education at 24%, Loubaresse is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 43 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Loubaresse is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loubaresse | 59.8 | 35% | 62% | 2.3% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 13.1 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 14.1 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 15.9 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 16.2 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 16.7 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
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 Loubaresse
What is the population of Loubaresse?
43 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (31).
How old are Loubaresse’s residents?
The median age is 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loubaresse?
38, with occasional dwellings: 62% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loubaresse?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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