Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households have no car
1.5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 49.2, Luçay-le-Libre is older than 80% of compared French towns. The town is home to 105 residents in 48 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Luçay-le-Libre
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Luçay-le-Libre, 20% of its 69 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Luçay-le-Libre had 124 residents at the 2012 census and 105 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Luçay-le-Libre sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (20%)
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 that moved in under two years ago: 8.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 10%, the share of empty homes is higher than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −15% since 2012, behind 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 population moved −20%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Luçay-le-Libre 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in Luçay-le-Libre, about two in ten. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 22% of households are couples with children
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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On top of that, in Luçay-le-Libre, a third of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Luçay-le-Libre, 33% of households are headed by a retired person, 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. Against that, 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).
1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 94% 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 Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Luçay-le-Libre, 4.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Luçay-le-Libre ranks above 79% of compared French towns on single residents: 30%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Luçay-le-Libre has 47%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 90% 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 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Luçay-le-Libre has 21%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 105 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).
Luçay-le-Libre and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luçay-le-Libre | 49.2 | 22% | 20% | 4.9% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 9.3 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 10.5 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 11.7 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 14.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 2,678 · 16.3 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 16.5 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
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 Luçay-le-Libre
What is the population of Luçay-le-Libre?
105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (124).
How old are Luçay-le-Libre’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luçay-le-Libre?
14, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luçay-le-Libre?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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