Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Luxé is over 55
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Luxé comes in at 51%. Meanwhile, the town has fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns, at 2.5%. Census day 2023: 748 residents and 360 households locally. 1.4% of homes are flats.
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 Luxé
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 63 second homes and occasional dwellings in Luxé, 13% of its 480 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Luxé’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Luxé ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 13%
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
Of all households, 7.4% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 90% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car trails 74% of compared French towns: 6.9%.
Luxé changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 74% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
34% of residents are 65 or over, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Luxé 55. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Single-parent households make up 8.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Roughly four in ten: two in five households are one person living alone.
A typical living standard of €22,020 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 Luxé’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
In Luxé, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 73% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the 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).
Luxé: 6.4% of residents are immigrants
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 has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns. The census found that 5% of residents are foreign nationals in Luxé.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Luxé
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
Here 37% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Luxé. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 748 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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).
Around Luxé, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxé | 55 | 34% | 13% | 6.4% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 8.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 10.2 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 11.2 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 13 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Brie 4,125 · 13.4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 15 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
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 Luxé
What is the population of Luxé?
748 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (755).
How old are Luxé’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luxé?
63, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luxé?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luxé?
€22,020 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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