Households without a car make up 2.5% in Lupé, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Lupé is home to 314 residents in 130 households, by the 2023 Census. 7.4% of homes are flats, or about one in 14. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone.
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.
Lupé changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 76% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +3% for the median Loire town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lupé 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lupé’s residents are under 42.8, younger than in three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 31% in Lupé, more than in 79% 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
With single-parent households at 7.3%, Lupé is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. Average household size: 2.3 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of second homes than 85% of compared French towns: 7.9%
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
The figure for empty homes is 10% in Lupé and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.5% (under two years).
The median resident lives on €29,520 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,520 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 80% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (12%), Lupé is above 62% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lupé ranks below 80% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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 make up 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the 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.
A higher share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
The figure for single residents is 19% in Lupé and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 75% 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
Just over a third of Lupé’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 314 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Lupé, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lupé | 42.8 | 19% | 7.9% | 3.1% |
| Pélussin 3,727 · 3.5 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 7.4% | 3.5% |
| Chavanay 2,884 · 3.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Maurice-l'Exil 6,889 · 4.1 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 1.2% | 13% |
| Le Péage-de-Roussillon 6,718 · 4.6 mi | 41.8 | 24% | 0.9% | 25% |
| Roussillon 8,595 · 5.3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 2% | 15% |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 4,606 · 5.7 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 11% |
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 Lupé
What is the population of Lupé?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (319).
How old are Lupé’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lupé?
13, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lupé?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lupé?
€29,520 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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