Luc is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 171 residents in Luc, living in 78 households. Put another way, about one in five: 19% of households are single parents. 25% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Luc
Fewer residents than in 2012
Luc had 196 residents at the 2012 census and 171 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Luc’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −13% change since 2012: 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, −20%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Luc 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (32%), Luc is above 89% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Luc sits below 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Luc ranks below 95% of compared French towns on flats: 5.2%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 48% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.1% (under two years). 6% of households have no car, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. At the same time, with empty homes at 14%, Luc is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,750 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.
Half of Luc’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,750 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Luc, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 60% 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. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.1% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals account for 0.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Luc, 37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Luc. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Luc comes in at 16%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (171 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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).
Around Luc, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc | 54.3 | 32% | 4.2% | 1.1% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 4.5 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 5.5 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 6 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 6.6 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Odos 3,265 · 7 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 7.8 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
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 Luc
What is the population of Luc?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (196).
How old are Luc’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luc?
4, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luc?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luc?
€24,750 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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