Half of Lesparrou is over 57.4, older than 97% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Lesparrou comes in at 12%. There were 120 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 236 residents. Put another way, about one in 24: 4.2% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Lesparrou
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lesparrou, 27% of its 190 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Lesparrou’s residents are under 57.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lesparrou: 27% of homes are second homes, above 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Lesparrou, 4.2%. The share of flats stands at 4.7%. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 79% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 68% of compared French towns: Lesparrou changed by ±0% 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
The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% in Lesparrou, less than in 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
■ Lesparrou 57.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Lesparrou has 33%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
One-person households: 38% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €18,910 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.
At €18,910 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 68% 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 trails 58% of compared French towns: 8.2%. As a yardstick, nearly a third 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).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 74% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 6.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Lesparrou. 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 higher than in nearly three quarters 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.
Lesparrou sits below 91% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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 48% in Lesparrou. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lesparrou
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
In Lesparrou, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 236 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Lesparrou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Lesparrou
What is the population of Lesparrou?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (235).
How old are Lesparrou’s residents?
The median age is 57.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lesparrou?
51, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lesparrou?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lesparrou?
€18,910 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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