Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 49.5: Luc-la-Primaube is older than 81% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 5.1%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Luc-la-Primaube counted 6,046 residents and 2,910 households at the 2023 Census. 37% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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.
A +5% change since 2012: Luc-la-Primaube grew faster than 50% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
Luc-la-Primaube sits above 82% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Luc-la-Primaube 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households are single parents
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Luc-la-Primaube, 37%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
7.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 71% 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
On second homes, 2.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.5% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,310 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 median standard of living in Luc-la-Primaube is €27,310 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 7.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.8%, a lower share than 69% 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 manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%). Typically, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.8% in Luc-la-Primaube. Across the comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The figure for married residents is 45% in Luc-la-Primaube and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
Here nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 5,985 to 6,106
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 La Verrière (35.4), the youngest, and Vaison-la-Romaine (56.6), the oldest.
Around Luc-la-Primaube, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc-la-Primaube | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 2.7 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 4 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 5.3 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 5.4 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 5.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 7.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
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-la-Primaube
What is the population of Luc-la-Primaube?
6,046 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (5,767).
How old are Luc-la-Primaube’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luc-la-Primaube?
88, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luc-la-Primaube?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luc-la-Primaube?
€27,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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