Lascelle is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.6
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Lascelle has 2.8%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 2.5%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. 260 residents in 130 households: that is Lascelle at the 2023 Census. The share of single-parent households stands at 14%.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Lascelle
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lascelle, 28% of its 210 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lascelle had 311 residents at the 2012 census and 260 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lascelle’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lascelle: 28% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
Empty homes: 8.6%, above 69% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The census found that 10% of homes are flats in Lascelle. This Cantal town has fewer households without a car than 81% of compared French towns, at 5.9%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Lascelle: −16%
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −13%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Cantal town −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34%, a higher share than 93% 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
■ Lascelle 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6% in Lascelle and 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 67% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, Lascelle sits higher than 63% of compared French towns: 38%.
Median standard of living: €23,230 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 Lascelle is €23,230 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person in Lascelle. For comparison, 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: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. Against that, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 62% of compared French towns, at 41%
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
Single residents are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 83% 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
Just over a fifth of Lascelle’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 27% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 260 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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).
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lascelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lascelle | 54.6 | 34% | 28% | 1.2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 9.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 10.3 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 12.5 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 17.8 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
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 Lascelle
What is the population of Lascelle?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (311).
How old are Lascelle’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lascelle?
58, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lascelle?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lascelle?
€23,230 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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