Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.4% of homes are flats
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 308 residents in 130 households: that is Lodes at the 2023 Census. Second homes account for 7.6%. The figure for one-person households is 23% in Lodes and 35% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Garonne 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.
Lodes’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 60% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Garonne town +15%.
Lodes sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lodes 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. The median age in Lodes is 49, higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households are single parents
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 Haute-Garonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Lodes has 23%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 3.4% of homes stand empty
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 eight has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 13% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,150 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,150 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 34% in Lodes, more than in 61% 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 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Lodes has 15%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lodes ranks below 64% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.9%
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 Haute-Garonne has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. For Lodes, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 85% 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
The figure for married residents is 41% in Lodes and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Lodes ranks below 82% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
Adults with no qualification: 22% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 308 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Lodes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodes | 49 | 25% | 7.6% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 4.6 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Montréjeau 2,648 · 7.4 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 4% | 8.1% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 14.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 Lodes
What is the population of Lodes?
308 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (287).
How old are Lodes’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lodes?
11, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lodes?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lodes?
€24,150 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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