Luc-sur-Orbieu sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.2%)
With households headed by a manager or professional at 2.8%, Luc-sur-Orbieu is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% of compared French towns. The town had 1,173 residents in 530 households at the 2023 census. Flats: 2.7% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Luc-sur-Orbieu outgrew 55% of compared French towns: +6%
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 +3%; the six to 2023, +3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aude town +4%.
A median age of 48.5: Luc-sur-Orbieu is older than 77% 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
■ Luc-sur-Orbieu 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Luc-sur-Orbieu
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Just over one in ten households are single parents, or about one in eight.
Luc-sur-Orbieu ranks above 82% of compared French towns on second homes: 6.6%
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
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 7.2% in Luc-sur-Orbieu. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 9.3% of the total.
At the median, €22,840 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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,840 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Luc-sur-Orbieu sits above 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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
In Luc-sur-Orbieu, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
Immigrants make up 8.5% in Luc-sur-Orbieu, more than in 63% 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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 5.1% in Luc-sur-Orbieu. Elsewhere, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 91% of compared French towns
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
Married people make up 49% and PACS partners 6%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.8% are widowed. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 80% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 65% of compared French towns: 22%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,173 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Luc-sur-Orbieu are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc-sur-Orbieu | 48.5 | 28% | 6.6% | 8.5% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 2 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 10 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 10.9 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 11.9 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 12.1 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Sigean 5,657 · 14.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 17% | 5.1% |
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 Luc-sur-Orbieu
What is the population of Luc-sur-Orbieu?
1,173 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,107).
How old are Luc-sur-Orbieu’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luc-sur-Orbieu?
42, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luc-sur-Orbieu?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 60 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luc-sur-Orbieu?
€22,840 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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