More second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 46%
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Lucelle has 36%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 29, in 18 households. Census figures put flats at 11% here. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haut-Rhin 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 Lucelle
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lucelle, 46% of its 39 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 63% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lucelle had 39 residents at the 2012 census and 29 in 2023, down 26%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Lucelle’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 70% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
5.9% of households have no car, fewer 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
The share of empty homes tops 77% of compared French towns: 9.6%. Still, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 12% of households arrived within the last two years, while 35% have stayed 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Lucelle has changed by −26%, slower than 99% 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 −13%; the six to 2023, −15%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haut-Rhin town +4%.
Only 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24 in Lucelle
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lucelle 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Lucelle is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
67% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% 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 Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.7 people each. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households headed by a retired person make up 33% in Lucelle, more than in 55% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
In Lucelle, 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.
With foreign nationals at 7.1%, Lucelle is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lucelle ranks below 87% of compared French towns on married residents: 36%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Lucelle comes in at 24%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 35% in Lucelle, more than in 98% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Lucelle has 22%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (29 to 2,582 people), the 13th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Lucelle
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 Lucelle
What is the population of Lucelle?
29 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% fewer than in 2012 (39).
How old are Lucelle’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lucelle?
18, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lucelle?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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