Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 3.0Lempdes ranks above 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 14%
Here 21% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. At the 2023 Census Lempdes was home to 8,709 people in 4,060 households. Across Lempdes, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person. Couples with children are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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.
Lempdes changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 52% 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 population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Lempdes sits above 68% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lempdes 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.9, Lempdes is older than 56% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 39%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Lempdes, 4.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 76% 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
One household in 11 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Census figures put households without a car at 9.4% in Lempdes. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A median of €26,680 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 €26,680 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 11.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Above 59% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.1% of residents are immigrants, a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Lempdes, 5.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 28%, a higher share than 69% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 40% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Lempdes ranks below 61% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 17%
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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 8,577 to 8,832 people, the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Jory (34.3), the youngest, and Le Grau-du-Roi (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Lempdes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lempdes | 44.9 | 25% | 2.1% | 8.1% |
| Aulnat 4,139 · 2.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 2% | 13% |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne 19,951 · 2.2 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 1.4% | 7.1% |
| Mur-sur-Allier 3,111 · 2.4 mi | 46.1 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 3.2 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Le Cendre 5,415 · 3.5 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.6% |
| Pérignat-lès-Sarliève 2,872 · 3.6 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 4.5% |
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 Lempdes
What is the population of Lempdes?
8,709 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (8,348).
How old are Lempdes’ residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lempdes?
92, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lempdes?
INSEE counts 710 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 480 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lempdes?
€26,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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