A lower share of households in social housing than 80% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
One in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 6,528 people lived in Lezoux, in 2,670 households. Couples with children come to 30% here, about three in ten. Lower than in 73% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats.
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.
Lezoux’s population changed by +15% since 2012, more than in 82% 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
In two steps, +9% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of compared French towns: 9.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lezoux 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Lezoux is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Lezoux, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Lezoux ranks below 60% of compared French towns on one-person households: 33%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Lower than in two thirds of compared French towns: 8.9% of households are single parents. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Lezoux ranks below 59% of compared French towns on households without a car: 9.1%
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
On second homes, 1.2% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 12% of households moved in; at the other end, 18% have stayed 30 years or more.
At the median, €26,050 a year to live on
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 €26,050 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 11.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Lezoux, more than in 72% 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
In Lezoux, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 8.6%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 93% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
2.7% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Lezoux ranks below 81% of compared French towns on married residents: 38%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Lezoux. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lezoux
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (25%), Lezoux is above just over three quarters of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 6,479 to 6,571
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villers-Saint-Paul is the youngest (36.9); Gueugnon the oldest (58).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Lezoux are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lezoux | 43.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Vertaizon 3,527 · 5.9 mi | 39.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 6.9 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 7 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Thiers 11,637 · 7.7 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 3.8% | 11% |
| Billom 4,805 · 7.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Mur-sur-Allier 3,111 · 8.4 mi | 46.1 | 20% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
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 Lezoux
What is the population of Lezoux?
6,528 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (5,670).
How old are Lezoux’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lezoux?
38, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lezoux?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 72 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lezoux?
€26,050 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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