1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 5.6% in Lescure. On the census count, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24. Couples with children are more common here than in 80% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 479 residents in 220 households.
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 Lescure
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lescure, 11% of its 300 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Lescure’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 45 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lescure had 501 residents at the 2012 census and 479 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 95% 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
7.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 11% here, more than in 89% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 86% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Lescure is over 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lescure 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 64% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€24,490 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.
Half of Lescure’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,490 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 25% in Lescure, less than in 82% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 78% of compared French towns: 16%. Households headed by a manual worker come to 11% in Lescure, about one in ten. Measured more widely, 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).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, below 81% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 66% of compared French towns: 2.9%. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 70% of compared French towns: 40%
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 single residents trails 66% of compared French towns: 23%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lescure
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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 479 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Lescure and its 4 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lescure | 51.8 | 23% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 4.8 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 13.7 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 16 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 17.4 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
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 Lescure
What is the population of Lescure?
479 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (501).
How old are Lescure’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lescure?
34, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lescure?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lescure?
€24,490 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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