Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Lussat is over 53.6
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Lussat comes in at 4.8%. The town is home to 416 residents in 200 households, by the 2023 Census. 1.8% of homes are flats. Fewer households in social housing than in 97% of compared French towns: 2%.
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 Lussat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 61 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lussat, 19% of its 320 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% 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
Lussat had 454 residents at the 2012 census and 416 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lussat’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 59 homes empty (18%): 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: 18% 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
The figure for second homes is 19% in Lussat and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 6.6% of households have no car, or about one in 15.
Since 2012, Lussat has changed by −8%, slower than 95% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Creuse. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Lussat sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.1%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lussat 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over here. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 40% of households are one person living alone
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Lussat has 23%. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €23,180 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.
Living standards centre on €23,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Lussat ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.9%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Lussat comes in at 35%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lussat: 7.3% of residents are foreign nationals, above 71% 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.
Here 7.8% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 75% of compared French towns: 23%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 86% 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
On adults with no qualification, Lussat sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 20%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Lussat, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Lussat
What is the population of Lussat?
416 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (454).
How old are Lussat’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lussat?
61, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lussat?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lussat?
€23,180 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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