1.7% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
In Leychert, 18% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 114, in 60 households. For Leychert, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.3%. Fewer flats than in 95% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
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 Leychert
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Leychert, 20% of its 77 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Leychert, 20% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.6% of homes stand empty.
Faster growth than 72% of compared French towns: Leychert changed by +11% 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 median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six +15%.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Leychert is over 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Leychert 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Leychert.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns: 45%
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 36% of households are headed by a retired person
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. On average, 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).
Leychert ranks above 84% of compared French towns on immigrants: 14%
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 median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 84% of compared French towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
More married residents than 69% of compared French towns: 45%
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
Single residents account for 24%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Leychert ranks below 96% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 9.8%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Leychert comes in at 40%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 114 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Leychert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leychert | 50 | 24% | 20% | 14% |
| Foix 9,934 · 6.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 6.2 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 8.7 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 9.2 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 11.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 11.7 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Leychert
What is the population of Leychert?
114 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (103).
How old are Leychert’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Leychert?
15, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Leychert?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (12%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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