Photo: Ville de Lèves France · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
In Lèves, 18% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 2,300 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 5,685 residents. Households without a car make up about one in 15 here (6.6%). On second homes, Lèves sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 0.6%.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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.
+1% since 2012: slower than 66% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure-et-Loir.
Younger than 60% of compared French towns: half of Lèves is under 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lèves 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Lèves is behind 66% of compared French towns on that count. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 78% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 8%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 65% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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
Some 12% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 28%.
€28,220 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,220 a year: higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 7.0% of the population.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 69% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 is 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person account for 29%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.5% of residents are immigrants in Lèves
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.
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 68% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%. Against that, 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.
Married residents make up 45% in Lèves, more than in 65% 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
The share of single residents tops 64% of compared French towns: 27%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 59% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Lèves, about three in ten. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 5,652 to 5,723 people, the 12th 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.
Ages run from 35.2 in Valdahon to 57.6 in Cancale.
Older than Lèves: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lèves | 42.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 4.5% |
| Champhol 3,643 · 1.5 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.6% | 6.7% |
| Mainvilliers 10,629 · 1.5 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Chartres 38,324 · 2.1 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 4% | 13% |
| Lucé 15,921 · 2.6 mi | 40.6 | 22% | 1.1% | 16% |
| Luisant 6,945 · 3.3 mi | 46.5 | 26% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Le Coudray 4,038 · 3.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 1.6% | 7.8% |
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 Lèves
What is the population of Lèves?
5,685 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (5,637).
How old are Lèves’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lèves?
15, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lèves?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lèves?
€28,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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