Lecques sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (2.5%)
Single-parent households make up 13%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 473 residents and 200 households in Lecques. For Lecques, the census puts flats at 6.9%. The town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns, at 17%.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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.
±0% since 2012: slower than 70% 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
The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Younger than 63% of compared French towns: half of Lecques is under 42.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lecques 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Lecques sits above 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Lecques comes in at 29%. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
6.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 81% 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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The census found that 5.3% of homes stand empty in Lecques.
A typical living standard of €26,330 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.
At €26,330 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 84% 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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Lecques has 37%. Across the comparison, 9.4% of 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).
2% of residents are foreign nationals, below 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.
The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 24: that is how common immigrants are in Lecques (4.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 58% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
In Lecques, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 473 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Lecques: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Lecques
What is the population of Lecques?
473 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (473).
How old are Lecques’ residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lecques?
14, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lecques?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lecques?
€26,330 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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