Loix is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.8
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 1.5% in Loix. The town had 745 residents in 380 households at the 2023 census. Couples with children: 14% of the total. Fewer households without a car than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Loix
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 790 second homes and occasional dwellings in Loix, 67% of its 1,190 homes: higher than in 99% 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 Loix’s residents are under 61.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Loix sits above 99% of compared French towns for second homes (67%)
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
Some 7.4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Census figures put flats at 2.3% in Loix. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Loix outgrew 71% of compared French towns: +11%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Loix sits above 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (45%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loix 61.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 3.9% in Loix, less than in 99% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. At 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €30,080 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €30,080 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Loix ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 61%
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: 5.3%, below 96% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Locally, 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Loix ranks below 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.7%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Loix. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 89% 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 two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 745 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Loix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loix | 61.8 | 45% | 67% | 2.7% |
| La Flotte 3,150 · 5.9 mi | 58.4 | 39% | 54% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Marie-de-Ré 3,412 · 7.3 mi | 58.5 | 39% | 52% | 3.1% |
| La Tranche-sur-Mer 3,136 · 8.7 mi | 64.6 | 49% | 79% | 2.2% |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 2,845 · 9.8 mi | 66.6 | 54% | 66% | 2.1% |
| L'Houmeau 3,000 · 12.2 mi | 52.2 | 35% | 14% | 4.1% |
| Angles 3,115 · 12.7 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 29% | 2.6% |
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 Loix
What is the population of Loix?
745 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (674).
How old are Loix’s residents?
The median age is 61.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loix?
790, with occasional dwellings: 67% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loix?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loix?
€30,080 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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