Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 4.0In L'Horme, 29% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 91% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households is 13%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. 4,806 residents in 2,030 households: that is L'Horme at the 2023 Census. Census figures put second homes at 0.5% here. More flats than in 79% of compared French towns: 54%.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 L'Horme
Social housing
29% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 14% rent privately and 56% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 68% 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 change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Loire town +3%.
Younger than 63% of compared French towns: half of L'Horme is under 42.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ L'Horme 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%. 23% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, more than in 64% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 11% in L'Horme, more than in 83% 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
Households without a car make up 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 8.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more.
€23,990 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,990 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 16.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person: 36%, a higher share than 68% 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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in L'Horme (15%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 70% of compared French towns, at 10%
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.
Foreign nationals: 7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 27%, a higher share than 66% 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 make up 44%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In L'Horme, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; L'Horme has 23%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest 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 32.7 in Rosières-près-Troyes to 56.6 in Vittel.
L'Horme is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Horme | 42.4 | 23% | 0.5% | 10% |
| La Grand-Croix 4,947 · 1.4 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Paul-en-Jarez 4,699 · 1.5 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Chamond 35,646 · 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Lorette 4,983 · 2.5 mi | 42.2 | 24% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 3.6 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Rive-de-Gier 15,242 · 4.3 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.9% | 18% |
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 L'Horme
What is the population of L'Horme?
4,806 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (4,781).
How old are L'Horme’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Horme?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Horme?
INSEE counts 480 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 340 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Horme?
€23,990 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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