Half of Lavardin is over 60.2, older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Lavardin’s population at 179, in 100 households. In Lavardin, 4.9% of households are single parents. The share of flats is 3.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Lavardin
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lavardin, 25% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Lavardin’s residents are under 60.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lavardin had 199 residents at the 2012 census and 179 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 25% in Lavardin, more than in 94% 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
In Lavardin, 6.2% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Empty homes make up about one in seven here (15%).
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Lavardin behind 97% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 42% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lavardin 60.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.3% in Lavardin and 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 9.4%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.8 people. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 87% of compared French towns: 46%.
The median resident lives on €25,600 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.
Living standards centre on €25,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Lavardin, 4.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 96% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 15%, Lavardin is ahead of 76% of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a retired person: 35% of the total. By way of comparison, 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).
Above 71% of compared French towns: 7.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Lavardin (7.3%). That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Lavardin
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Lavardin. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Lavardin: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 73% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lavardin. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 179 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Lavardin is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavardin | 60.2 | 42% | 25% | 7.3% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 1.4 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 9 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 10.1 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 10.4 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 2.2% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 14 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| Monnaie 4,833 · 17.5 mi | 40.4 | 16% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
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 Lavardin
What is the population of Lavardin?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (199).
How old are Lavardin’s residents?
The median age is 60.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavardin?
42, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavardin?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavardin?
€25,600 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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