Lesterps is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.8
0.9% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 439 residents and 210 households in Lesterps. The census found that 18% of homes stand empty in the town.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Lesterps
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lesterps, 20% of its 340 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Lesterps had 494 residents at the 2012 census and 439 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lesterps’ residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Lesterps (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lesterps: 20% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
One in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 1.8%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 8.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −11% since 2012 leaves Lesterps behind 98% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Only 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Lesterps
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lesterps 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Lesterps, 32%. 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 an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 81% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the same time, nearly two in five households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
Median standard of living: €19,940 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.
Half of Lesterps’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €19,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 48% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Lesterps has 18%. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lesterps, 19% of residents are immigrants, more than in 92% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Lesterps comes in at 19%. Elsewhere, 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.
More married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 49%
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
By its share of single residents (22%), Lesterps is below 80% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Lesterps: 33% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 96% 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
Here 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 439 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lesterps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesterps | 54.8 | 32% | 20% | 19% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 5.8 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 9.8 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 12.7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 12.7 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 13.5 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 14.7 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
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 Lesterps
What is the population of Lesterps?
439 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (494).
How old are Lesterps’ residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lesterps?
67, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lesterps?
INSEE counts 82 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 84 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lesterps?
€19,940 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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