In Lahayville, 67% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
16% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 12 households in Lahayville at the 2023 Census, home to 27 residents. The share of flats stands at 20%.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Lahayville
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lahayville, 19% of its 15 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 33% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Lahayville’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes in Lahayville are second homes
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Lahayville, the census puts households without a car at 9.1%. Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town.
±0% since 2012: slower than 70% 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
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, a higher share than 95% 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
■ Lahayville 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 51.5, Lahayville is older than 88% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 88% 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Lahayville. Each household has 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Lahayville: 33% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Lahayville: 0% of residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 64% of compared French towns: 41%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Lahayville. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Lahayville, less than in 82% 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, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Lahayville, 21%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 27 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th oldest
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).
Lahayville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahayville | 51.5 | 36% | 19% | 0% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 10.9 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson 4,659 · 12.2 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 13% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 12.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Pont-à-Mousson 14,190 · 12.5 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Pagny-sur-Moselle 3,919 · 12.7 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Dieulouard 4,581 · 13.4 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.8% | 4.8% |
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 Lahayville
What is the population of Lahayville?
27 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (27).
How old are Lahayville’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lahayville?
3, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lahayville?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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