More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 37%
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Lucenay, 3.9%. 2,070 residents in 820 households: that is Lucenay at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 3.6% of the total. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
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 Lucenay
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +12% since 2012 puts Lucenay ahead of 75% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +14% to 2023. Over those years, the median Rhône town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 76% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lucenay 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
9.9% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Lucenay is 42.4, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 7.8% of households are single parents in Lucenay. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
90% of homes are houses
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
In the last two years, 15% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. At 2.5%, the share of second homes is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €32,110 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,110 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 4.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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.
Here 2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Lucenay: 53% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% 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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Lucenay, 19%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lucenay
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
44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,070 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Lucenay sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Lucenay
What is the population of Lucenay?
2,070 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,844).
How old are Lucenay’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lucenay?
22, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lucenay?
INSEE counts 82 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lucenay?
€32,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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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