Photo: Christophe Durand · CC BY-SA 2.0Lormont is younger than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 35.5
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Lormont has 14%. Its 11,600 households held 25,769 residents at the 2023 Census. In Lormont, 75% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 21%, more than in 85% of compared French towns.
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 Lormont
Immigrants
INSEE counts 6,300 immigrants in Lormont (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 25% of residents, against 5.1% for the median compared commune in Gironde. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Lormont’s residents are under 35.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
43% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 26% rent privately and 29% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Lormont had 20,740 residents at the 2012 census and 25,769 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lormont’s population changed by +24% since 2012, more than in 94% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +16% in Gironde. Here the change came as +13% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
In Lormont, 15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Lormont 35.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Lormont, 14%. On average, 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: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Lormont, 41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 74% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. 24% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 43%, a higher share than 99% 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
14% of households moved in less than two years ago; 11% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 4.5%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 81% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €20,330 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.
The median standard of living in Lormont is €20,330 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 96% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 29.8% of residents are below the line.
In Lormont, 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Lormont comes in at 22%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town. In Lormont, 8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 96% of compared French towns: 25% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals: 22% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Single residents: 36%, a higher share than 93% 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
37% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Lormont: 29% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 88% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lormont. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 24,658 to 26,998 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.
Grigny is the youngest (31); Biarritz the oldest (55.2).
Lormont is younger than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lormont | 35.5 | 15% | 1.8% | 25% |
| Cenon 26,834 · 1.4 mi | 36.6 | 16% | 1.3% | 22% |
| Carbon-Blanc 8,331 · 1.7 mi | 42.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Artigues-près-Bordeaux 8,687 · 1.8 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.6% | 9.2% |
| Bassens 8,435 · 2.2 mi | 38.3 | 19% | 0.7% | 13% |
| Floirac 18,300 · 2.6 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.3% | 18% |
| Yvrac 2,899 · 2.6 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 6.5% |
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 Lormont
What is the population of Lormont?
25,769 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (20,740).
How old are Lormont’s residents?
The median age is 35.5, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lormont?
220, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lormont?
INSEE counts 6,350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 25% of residents, and 5,620 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lormont?
€20,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.8% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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