Photo: Mairie de Lambesc · CC BY-SA 4.0Only 5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Lambesc
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Lambesc, 17%. The town counted 10,024 residents and 4,460 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 5.2% of homes stand empty here. Half of the town’s residents are over 45.4, older than in 59% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône 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.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Lambesc ahead of 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
The change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Bouches-du-Rhône town +6%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of compared French towns, at 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lambesc 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bouches-du-Rhône 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Lambesc
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 Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
12% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 8.3% of households have no car
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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of homes are second homes here. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 15% of households moved in; at the other end, 16% have stayed 30 years or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,160 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 Lambesc is €29,160 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 79% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 12.0%.
Lambesc ranks below 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
30% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
5.2% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bouches-du-Rhône has 6.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Lambesc comes in at 23%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Lambesc has 14%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 9,858 to 10,195 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Pierrelaye (35.2), the youngest, and Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (54.6), the oldest.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Lambesc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambesc | 45.4 | 23% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Cannat 6,097 · 2.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Rognes 4,693 · 4.1 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 5.9% | 5.3% |
| Charleval 2,640 · 4.8 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.7% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 4.9 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 10% |
| Pélissanne 11,085 · 5.8 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 2% | 4% |
| Alleins 2,852 · 6.3 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
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 Lambesc
What is the population of Lambesc?
10,024 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (9,261).
How old are Lambesc’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lambesc?
170, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lambesc?
INSEE counts 520 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 290 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lambesc?
€29,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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