A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Loubens has 4.5%. At the 2023 Census, 267 people lived in the town, in 120 households. The census found that 17% of households are single parents locally. 3.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% 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 Loubens
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loubens, 15% of its 150 homes: higher than in 91% 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.
15% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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. Here, 7.2% of homes stand empty. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 52% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%. The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Half of Loubens is under 42.8, younger than 59% 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
■ Loubens 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Loubens sits below 81% of compared French towns for one-person households (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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,150 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,150 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Loubens sits below 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.3%)
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are headed by a retired person here. On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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 lower than in 75% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Loubens, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 37% 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
31% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
10% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 95% of compared French towns
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
Graduates of higher education make up 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 267 to 2,582
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).
Older than Loubens: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loubens | 42.8 | 22% | 15% | 3.8% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 4.2 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 5 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Foix 9,934 · 6.2 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 6.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 6.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 13.4 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
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 Loubens
What is the population of Loubens?
267 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (256).
How old are Loubens’ residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loubens?
23, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loubens?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loubens?
€22,150 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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