Flats make up 3.3% in Louzy, less than in 98% of compared French towns
2.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 2.3%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. There were 530 households in Louzy at the 2023 Census, home to 1,288 residents. Across Louzy, 23% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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.
Louzy’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 69% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%.
Louzy ranks below 66% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Louzy 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Louzy’s residents are over 44.1, older than in 50% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.4% of households are single parents.
Only 4.3% of households have no car in Louzy
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
By its share of empty homes (4.2%), Louzy is below 85% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 6.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €25,150 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 Louzy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,150 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Louzy comes in at 35%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Louzy, 0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Louzy has 0.4%. 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 Louzy, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Louzy, 19%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Louzy
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,288 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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 Louzy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louzy | 44.1 | 20% | 2.5% | 0.7% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 2.7 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 5 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Montreuil-Bellay 3,746 · 8.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Argentonnay 3,234 · 12.2 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 7.2% | 3.7% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 12.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 12.8 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
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 Louzy
What is the population of Louzy?
1,288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,285).
How old are Louzy’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louzy?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louzy?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louzy?
€25,150 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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