Lunay sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3.1%)
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.1% of households have no car in Lunay. At the 2023 Census Lunay was home to 1,272 people in 590 households. Put another way, about one in 24: 4.1% of households are single parents. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.9, older than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Lunay
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 82 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lunay, 11% of its 750 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lunay, 11% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Lunay has 5.2%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Lunay, the census puts empty homes at 10%.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 79% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Lunay 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 25% of residents are 65 or over here. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Lunay ranks below 61% of compared French towns on one-person households: 33%
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children account for 24%.
€26,410 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 Lunay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,410 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, a higher share than 75% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.2% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lunay sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.4%)
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
In Lunay, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 56% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Locally, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,272 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Lunay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunay | 49.9 | 25% | 11% | 2.4% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 4 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 6.5 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 7.2 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 11.6 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 14.5 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 2.2% | 5.7% |
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 Lunay
What is the population of Lunay?
1,272 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,301).
How old are Lunay’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lunay?
82, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lunay?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lunay?
€26,410 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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