Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of couples with children than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 1,110 households in Laruscade at the 2023 Census, home to 2,811 residents. Put another way, about one in 34: 2.9% of homes are flats. 28% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%).
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Laruscade
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +14% change since 2012: faster than 79% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gironde town +16%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +12%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Laruscade 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Laruscade’s residents are under 39.5, younger than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.5 people in the average household. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in three quarters of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 5.5%, a lower share than 84% 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
The share of empty homes tops 63% of compared French towns: 8%. On second homes, Laruscade sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 1.6%. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 18%.
A typical living standard of €24,190 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 €24,190 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 69% of compared French towns. 15.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns: 20%
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 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Laruscade has 5%. For comparison, 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).
Laruscade sits below 80% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.2%)
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 share of foreign nationals trails just over three quarters of compared French towns: 2.2%. Set beside 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.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Laruscade
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
At 42%, the share of married residents is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.7 in Miremont to 59 in Vendays-Montalivet.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Laruscade
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laruscade | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 3.4 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 4.5 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 5.2 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Val de Virvée 3,793 · 6.9 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac 2,729 · 9.2 mi | 42.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 5.8% |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac 12,626 · 9.3 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
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 Laruscade
What is the population of Laruscade?
2,811 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (2,469).
How old are Laruscade’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laruscade?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laruscade?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laruscade?
€24,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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