Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Lescousse is over 54.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lescousse had 82 residents in 39 households at the 2023 Census. Across Lescousse, 57% of households are headed by a retired person. Here 14% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
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 Lescousse
An older town
Half of Lescousse’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lescousse changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 70% 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
Here the change came as −9% to 2017, then +9% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Ariège.
Only 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Lescousse
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lescousse 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 43% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
Lescousse: 13% of homes stand empty, above 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households have no car here. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 8.5%. More second homes than in 73% of compared French towns: 4.3%.
The largest group of households: retired (57%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 7.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. By way of comparison, 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 99% of compared French towns: 15% 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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (22%), Lescousse is above two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 82 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Lescousse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lescousse | 54.7 | 35% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 5.8 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 6.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 7.3 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 7.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 9.4 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 10.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
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 Lescousse
What is the population of Lescousse?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (82).
How old are Lescousse’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lescousse?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lescousse?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (7.4%). 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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