Flats make up 1.3% in Lüe, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Lüe comes in at 22%. There were 270 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 621 residents. Across Lüe, 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 3.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Lüe
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 76 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lüe, 20% of its 370 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Lüe had 515 residents at the 2012 census and 621 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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
Second homes: 20%, above 93% of compared French towns. 7.3% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 8.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more.
A +21% change since 2012: Lüe grew faster than 91% 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 +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 +10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Lüe 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Lüe is 48.8, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 1.9%, a lower share than 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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in 59% of compared French towns. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,640 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.
At €24,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Lüe: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 86% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Lüe comes in at 30%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
In Lüe, 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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.
Lüe ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 13%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Lüe comes in at 54%. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lüe
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Lüe. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Lüe and its 5 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lüe | 48.8 | 24% | 20% | 3.4% |
| Labouheyre 2,906 · 3.4 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 5.3% | 16% |
| Parentis-en-Born 7,586 · 9.5 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 14% | 5.1% |
| Mimizan 7,673 · 13.3 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 47% | 6.4% |
| Morcenx-la-Nouvelle 5,022 · 14.1 mi | 55.9 | 34% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| Biscarrosse 15,836 · 15.3 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 38% | 4.9% |
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 Lüe
What is the population of Lüe?
621 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (515).
How old are Lüe’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lüe?
76, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lüe?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lüe?
€24,640 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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