Below 92% of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes stand empty
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Lozanne has 21%. Meanwhile, with a median age of 39.1, Lozanne is younger than 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,182 residents in 1,430 households. Across Lozanne, 30% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Lozanne
Growing fast
Lozanne had 2,483 residents at the 2012 census and 3,182 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +28% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%. The first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, +21%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Lozanne, less than in 69% 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
■ Lozanne 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
8.1% of households are single parents, below 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 51% of compared French towns: 35%.
In Lozanne, 7.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 70% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Lozanne sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 0.9%. At the same time, by its share of flats (45%), Lozanne is above 70% of compared French towns.
A median of €31,510 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,510 a year: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.2% in Lozanne, less than in 82% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 70% of compared French towns: 29%. For comparison, 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).
5.7% of residents in Lozanne 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.
About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Lozanne (5.7%). That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%. Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.2%, from the figure 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.
In Lozanne, 42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 60% 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
In Lozanne, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 44% in Lozanne, more than in 87% 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
Adults with no qualification: 12% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,167 to 3,199 people, the 3rd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Thierville-sur-Meuse (37.1), the oldest Meschers-sur-Gironde (66.1).
No nearby town is as young as Lozanne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lozanne | 39.1 | 19% | 0.9% | 5.7% |
| Chazay-d'Azergues 4,410 · 1.8 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Dommartin 2,687 · 1.9 mi | 48.8 | 23% | 1.7% | 4% |
| Lentilly 6,623 · 2.8 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 4.7% |
| Lissieu 3,181 · 2.9 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| La Tour-de-Salvagny 4,649 · 3.2 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.5% |
| L'Arbresle 6,537 · 3.8 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.7% | 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 Lozanne
What is the population of Lozanne?
3,182 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (2,483).
How old are Lozanne’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lozanne?
13, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lozanne?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lozanne?
€31,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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