35% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person is 48%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Luc-en-Diois had 614 residents in 330 households at the 2023 Census. About one in three: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Luc-en-Diois (30%). On single-parent households, Luc-en-Diois sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 4.6%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Luc-en-Diois
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Luc-en-Diois, 35% of its 550 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Luc-en-Diois had 422 residents at the 2012 census and 614 in 2023, up 45%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
51% of Luc-en-Diois’ households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 47% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Luc-en-Diois: 18% of households have no car, above 79% 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
Empty homes make up 5.1%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. For Luc-en-Diois, the census puts flats at 19%.
Growth of +45% since 2012 puts Luc-en-Diois ahead of 99% 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 those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +25%, then +17% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4.4% in Luc-en-Diois, less than in 99% 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
■ Luc-en-Diois 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Luc-en-Diois is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Luc-en-Diois ranks above 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 51%
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
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. Few places have so few couples with children: 18% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €20,420 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 €20,420 a year: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 5.4%, a higher share than 59% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, 6.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are married, below 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
28% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Luc-en-Diois. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 614 to 2,582 people
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).
Luc-en-Diois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc-en-Diois | 45 | 30% | 35% | 6.2% |
| Die 4,844 · 10.4 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
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 Luc-en-Diois
What is the population of Luc-en-Diois?
614 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 45% more than in 2012 (422).
How old are Luc-en-Diois’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luc-en-Diois?
200, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luc-en-Diois?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luc-en-Diois?
€20,420 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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