Lunac is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.6
With households headed by a retired person at 50%, Lunac is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. 5.6% of households are single parents. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 435 people lived locally, in 180 households.
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 Lunac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lunac, 25% of its 290 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Lunac’s residents are under 59.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lunac sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (25%)
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
7.1% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Lunac, 5.9% of homes are flats. Empty homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns.
Lunac changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 64% 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
Lunac: 41% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Lunac 59.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Lunac has 6.2%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns
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
The average household has 2.1 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Lunac sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 33%.
At the median, €21,750 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.
Living standards centre on €21,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 95% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.3% of residents are immigrants in Lunac
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%. Census figures put foreign nationals at 4.4% in Lunac.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 22% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Lunac. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 31% in Lunac, more than in 93% 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
With graduates of higher education at 24%, Lunac is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (435 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Lunac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunac | 59.6 | 41% | 25% | 5.3% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 8.6 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 13.3 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 14.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 17 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 17.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Lunac
What is the population of Lunac?
435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (429).
How old are Lunac’s residents?
The median age is 59.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lunac?
73, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lunac?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lunac?
€21,750 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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