Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
With single-parent households at 13%, Lorp-Sentaraille is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, 7.3% of homes are flats. Higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 6.1% of homes are second homes. 1,381 residents in 650 households: that is Lorp-Sentaraille at the 2023 Census.
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 Lorp-Sentaraille
An older town
Half of Lorp-Sentaraille’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% 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.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 61% 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
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Lorp-Sentaraille is over 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lorp-Sentaraille 51. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Lorp-Sentaraille has 27%. At the same time, on residents aged 15 to 24, Lorp-Sentaraille sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 9.1%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Lorp-Sentaraille
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing: 7.5%, a lower share than 74% 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
One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 7.7%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 69% of compared French towns. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%.
A median standard of living of €24,120 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,120 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Lorp-Sentaraille ranks above 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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 manual worker tops 63% of compared French towns: 16%. For comparison, 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).
6.4% of residents in Lorp-Sentaraille are immigrants
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 a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. The census found that 4% of residents are foreign nationals in Lorp-Sentaraille.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns, at 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
Adults with no qualification: nearly a fifth of the total. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
2 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lorp-Sentaraille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorp-Sentaraille | 51 | 27% | 6.1% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 2.7 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 13.7 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 14.3 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 17.2 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 Lorp-Sentaraille
What is the population of Lorp-Sentaraille?
1,381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,354).
How old are Lorp-Sentaraille’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lorp-Sentaraille?
45, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lorp-Sentaraille?
INSEE counts 88 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lorp-Sentaraille?
€24,120 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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