Lux sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.4%)
The share of households without a car is 3.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.4% of homes are second homes. Lux’s 220 households held 517 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 29% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Lux
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 73% of compared French towns: Lux changed by −1% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
A median age of 41.5: Lux is younger than 69% 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
■ Lux 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Lux, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 90% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 31%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. 6.7% of households are single parents, or about one in 15.
Fewer flats than 81% of compared French towns: 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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Fewer empty homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 5.7%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,860 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 Lux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,860 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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 Lux, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lux ranks below 71% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.2%
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.
Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Lux
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 single residents trails 72% of compared French towns: 23%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lux
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
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 517 to 2,582 people, the 7th youngest
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).
No nearby town is as young as Lux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lux | 41.5 | 19% | 7.4% | 4.2% |
| Is-sur-Tille 4,302 · 5 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 10.2 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 12.3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
| Quetigny 8,971 · 12.9 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 13.3 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108 · 13.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
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 Lux
What is the population of Lux?
517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (521).
How old are Lux’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lux?
19, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lux?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lux?
€27,860 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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