In Lioux-les-Monges, 49% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 17% of households are couples with children. Lioux-les-Monges had 51 residents in 27 households at the 2023 Census. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; here, 3.7%.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Lioux-les-Monges
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lioux-les-Monges, 49% of its 59 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Lioux-les-Monges’ residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Lioux-les-Monges’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 50% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 5.1% of homes stand empty
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
Long tenure is the mark of 15% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 78% of compared French towns: Lioux-les-Monges changed by −2% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +10%, then −11% to 2023. Over those years, the median Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Lioux-les-Monges is over 53.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lioux-les-Monges 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over here. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Lioux-les-Monges ranks above 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.9 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person: 83%, a higher share than 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 higher share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 share of foreign nationals is 12%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
In Lioux-les-Monges, 7.7% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 85% of compared French towns: 13%
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 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 51 to 2,582
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).
Lioux-les-Monges and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lioux-les-Monges | 53.8 | 27% | 49% | 14% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 13.4 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Lioux-les-Monges
What is the population of Lioux-les-Monges?
51 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (52).
How old are Lioux-les-Monges’ residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lioux-les-Monges?
29, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lioux-les-Monges?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (12%). 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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