Photo: Theoliane 13:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC) · Public domainLouviers sits above 95% of compared French towns for households in social housing (34%)
With a median age of 40.2, Louviers is younger than 78% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of households have no car. The town counted 18,705 residents and 8,610 households at the 2023 Census. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 44% of households are one person living alone here.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Louviers
Social housing
34% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 25% rent privately and 38% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Louviers’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 53% 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
Louviers sits below 64% of compared French towns for 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
■ Louviers 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 71% of compared French towns: 21%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Louviers has 12%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Louviers ranks above 76% of compared French towns on flats: 51%
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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across Louviers, 1.6% of homes are second homes. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €21,870 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Some 26.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
In Louviers, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 90% 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
30% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: nearly a tenth of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, more than in 73% 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.
Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Only 35% of residents 15 and over are married in Louviers
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, the share of single residents is 25%; Louviers has 31%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 82% 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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 66% of compared French towns: 26%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 17,944 to 19,471
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Moissy-Cramayel is the youngest (33.2); Royan the oldest (64.5).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Louviers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louviers | 40.2 | 20% | 1.6% | 11% |
| Le Vaudreuil 3,624 · 3.7 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Val-de-Reuil 13,245 · 4.4 mi | 32.3 | 9.8% | 0.5% | 17% |
| Pont-de-l'Arche 4,133 · 6.3 mi | 41 | 18% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf 8,306 · 7 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 0.7% | 4.9% |
| Pîtres 2,589 · 7.9 mi | 39.5 | 18% | 0.8% | 4.6% |
| Le Val d'Hazey 5,111 · 8 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 1.4% | 8.3% |
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 Louviers
What is the population of Louviers?
18,705 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (17,973).
How old are Louviers’ residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louviers?
150, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louviers?
INSEE counts 1,970 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 1,580 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louviers?
€21,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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