Only 3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Lens-Lestang
With flats at 11%, Lens-Lestang is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. 6.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 884, in 430 households. Across Lens-Lestang, 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 58% 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, +8% in Drôme. Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
A median age of 48.3: Lens-Lestang is older than 76% 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
■ Lens-Lestang 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 78% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 37% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Lens-Lestang has more couples with children than 52% of compared French towns, at 26%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Lens-Lestang: 5.4% of homes are second homes, above 78% of compared French towns
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. 6.3% of households have no car, a lower share than in 78% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes tops 74% of compared French towns: 9.2%.
A median standard of living of €25,540 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,540 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Lens-Lestang sits above 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (38%)
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, 32% 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).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.8% in Lens-Lestang. Elsewhere, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Lens-Lestang, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 64% 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
At 18%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (884 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Lens-Lestang
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lens-Lestang | 48.3 | 24% | 5.4% | 3.3% |
| Beaurepaire 5,010 · 2.9 mi | 46.3 | 28% | 2% | 9.5% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 7.6 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 10.4 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 10.7 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux 3,186 · 10.9 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 2.6% | 8.6% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 11.6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
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 Lens-Lestang
What is the population of Lens-Lestang?
884 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (829).
How old are Lens-Lestang’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lens-Lestang?
27, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lens-Lestang?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lens-Lestang?
€25,540 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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