Lureuil ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 31%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Lureuil comes in at 5.1%. At the 2023 Census, 274 people lived in the town, in 94 households. The share of couples with children stands at 17%. On households in social housing, Lureuil sits higher than 72% of compared French towns: 18%.
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 Lureuil
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (31%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Lureuil’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 64% of compared French towns: Lureuil changed by +1% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Indre town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Lureuil is over 53.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lureuil 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
A third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). There are 2.1 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents.
6.6% of homes are second homes, more than in 82% 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
8.5% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%.
€23,110 a year: the median standard of living
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 Lureuil’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker in Lureuil. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lureuil sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.5%)
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 share of foreign nationals trails 82% of compared French towns: 1.8%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
47% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 99% 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
Married residents: 27%, below 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lureuil sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 274 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).
Lureuil and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lureuil | 53.1 | 24% | 6.6% | 1.5% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 7.7 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
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 Lureuil
What is the population of Lureuil?
274 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (270).
How old are Lureuil’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lureuil?
10, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lureuil?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lureuil?
€23,110 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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