Loubières sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (43%)
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of homes are flats here. Census figures put empty homes at 0.6% in Loubières. Few places have so few households without a car: 4% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 359 people lived locally, in 150 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 Loubières
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Loubières had 274 residents at the 2012 census and 359 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Loubières has grown +31%, faster than 97% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +23%; 2017 to 2023, +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Loubières, less than in 69% 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
■ Loubières 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Loubières has 12%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.8, Loubières is younger than three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. Loubières has fewer single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns, at 6.7%. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
97% of homes are houses
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. 17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.3% moved in within the last two years. There is little gap on second homes: 2.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,590 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,590 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 77% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At 30%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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 65% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 4.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 7.2%
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
37% of Loubières’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 7.2% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 359 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Loubières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loubières | 42.8 | 19% | 2.6% | 8.9% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 3.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 3.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 5.5 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 7.1 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 7.6 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 11.2 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
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 Loubières
What is the population of Loubières?
359 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (274).
How old are Loubières’ residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loubières?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loubières?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loubières?
€27,590 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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