A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Louchats has 32%. The town is home to 683 residents in 280 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Louchats, 1.8% of households have no car. 3.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 89% 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.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 81% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16% in Louchats, less than in 87% 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
■ Louchats 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Louchats’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 62% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Louchats, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.4 people. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 79% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. 6.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,740 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 €25,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 8.9% 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).
Only 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Louchats
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.
3.8% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Louchats sits below 84% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Louchats sits below 84% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
Across Louchats, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 683 to 2,582 people, the 19th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Louchats
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louchats | 45.9 | 16% | 5.5% | 3.8% |
| Saucats 3,548 · 9.7 mi | 38.7 | 14% | 1.1% | 3% |
| Belin-Béliet 6,275 · 10.3 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 2.5% | 4.1% |
| Le Barp 5,806 · 11.4 mi | 41.9 | 16% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Selve 3,746 · 11.5 mi | 36.8 | 10% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| La Brède 4,386 · 11.8 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 13.7 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 5.2% |
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 Louchats
What is the population of Louchats?
683 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (704).
How old are Louchats’ residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louchats?
17, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louchats?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louchats?
€25,740 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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