Half of Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre is over 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 3.3% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 390 households in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre at the 2023 Census, home to 711 residents. The census found that 13% of households are couples with children locally. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre, 20% of its 650 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre had 786 residents at the 2012 census and 711 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 20% 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre comes in at 20%. Meanwhile, nearly one in ten households have no car, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 96% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Creuse town −5%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 4.7%, Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre, 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 76% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 8.6% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people.
€21,750 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The median standard of living in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre is €21,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 51% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. The wider picture: 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).
Below 71% of compared French towns: 4.3% 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 Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre, less than in 95% 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
By its share of married residents (47%), Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre is above 78% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 10% in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre, less than in 99% 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
33% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 711 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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).
Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre | 60.5 | 40% | 20% | 4.3% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 13.8 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 16.4 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 18 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre
What is the population of Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre?
711 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (786).
How old are Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre?
130, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre?
€21,750 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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