Residents aged 65 and over: 9.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Lanoux, 8.6%. Census day 2023: 60 residents and 27 households here. Across Lanoux, 7.1% of households have no car. Empty homes are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Lanoux
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lanoux, 11% of its 34 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 15% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lanoux, 11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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. Turnover: 14% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 21% have lived in their home 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Lanoux grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 78% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Ariège town, the change came in two steps: −6% from 2012 to 2017, then +20% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lanoux 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.7, Lanoux is younger than just over two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 17% in Lanoux, more than in 98% of compared French towns
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here a third of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. There are 2.2 people in the average household. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns.
Lanoux sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (17%)
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Lanoux comes in at 17%. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in two thirds of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lanoux ranks above 66% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 6.5%
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.
Immigrants make up about one in 15 here (6.5%). That is lower than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Lanoux has 32%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Lanoux sits below 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (7.3%)
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 share of graduates of higher education tops 92% of compared French towns: 49%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (60 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Lanoux is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanoux | 41.7 | 9.7% | 11% | 6.5% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 9.2 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 10 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 10.8 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 11.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 11.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 12 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
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 Lanoux
What is the population of Lanoux?
60 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (53).
How old are Lanoux’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 34% are under 18 and 9.7% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lanoux?
4, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lanoux?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (6.5%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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