Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Lormes is over 60.7
The figure for one-person households is 45% in Lormes and 35% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 620 households held 1,251 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Lormes, 44% of households are headed by a retired person. 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Lormes
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 300 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lormes, 28% of its 1,070 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Lormes’ residents are under 60.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lormes had 1,354 residents at the 2012 census and 1,251 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (14%): 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 28% in Lormes, more than in 95% 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
Turnover: 8.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 14% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 93% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of flats trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%.
Since 2012, Lormes has changed by −8%, slower than 94% 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
43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Lormes 60.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Lormes has 6.9%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 91% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.8 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 3.2% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €23,400 a year
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 median standard of living in Lormes is €23,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Lormes, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 64% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (9.5%). Set beside that, 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).
6.4% of residents in Lormes 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 make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%. The census found that 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Lormes.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 42% of residents 15 and over are married
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 census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Lormes. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 42% and 4%, and 12% are widowed.
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 78% 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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Lormes, 24%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,251 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).
Lormes and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lormes | 60.7 | 43% | 28% | 6.4% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 14.5 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
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 Lormes
What is the population of Lormes?
1,251 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,354).
How old are Lormes’ residents?
The median age is 60.7, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lormes?
300, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lormes?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lormes?
€23,400 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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