Lugan is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.3
In Lugan, 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 356, in 160 households. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 3.2% here. More empty homes than in 82% of compared French towns: 11%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Lugan
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lugan, 18% of its 220 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Lugan’s residents are under 58.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 22% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lugan sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (18%)
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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Lugan comes in at 7.8%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. About one in 12: that is how common flats are in Lugan (8.4%).
Lugan changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Aveyron town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lugan 58.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Lugan sits below 93% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.4%)
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
Each household has 2 people on average. On couples with children, Lugan sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 22%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Lugan has 36%.
Median living standard: €23,290 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 €23,290 a year: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Lugan ranks above 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 46%
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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 71% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.8%, below 68% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 20% 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
The share of married residents is 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Lugan, 23%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 356 to 2,582 people, the 4th oldest
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).
Lugan is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lugan | 58.3 | 38% | 18% | 4.2% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 3.8 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 5.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 10.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 14 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 14.3 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 14.3 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
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 Lugan
What is the population of Lugan?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (341).
How old are Lugan’s residents?
The median age is 58.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lugan?
38, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lugan?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lugan?
€23,290 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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