Empty homes: 23%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
A quarter of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 94% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 39 residents in Lussac, living in 21 households. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 14% locally.
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 Lussac
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lussac, 11% of its 32 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 50% 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
Lussac had 56 residents at the 2012 census and 39 in 2023, down 30%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (23%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Lussac’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 20% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lussac sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.8%)
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, 11% of homes are second homes here. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Lussac changed by −30% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −25%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
In Lussac, 5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Lussac 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lussac’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 80% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.8 people on average.
50% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 83% 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.
The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, below 96% of compared French towns
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
Put another way, about one in four: 26% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 32% and 6.5%, and 3.2% are widowed.
Lussac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 10%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 24% in Lussac and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 39 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Lussac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lussac | 49.2 | 14% | 11% | 2.9% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 2.2 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Pons 4,343 · 8.5 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Gémozac 3,052 · 12.4 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 13 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 14.3 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 15.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
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 Lussac
What is the population of Lussac?
39 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% fewer than in 2012 (56).
How old are Lussac’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lussac?
4, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lussac?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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