Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%), Laives is below 93% of compared French towns. The town’s 460 households held 986 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.3% of households have no car. At 4.1%, the share of flats is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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.
Laives changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Saône-et-Loire town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Laives is over 48.8, older than 78% 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
■ Laives 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in Laives, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Laives, 9.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 87% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). Fewer empty homes than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 5.5%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
A typical living standard of €29,020 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 €29,020 a year: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 68% 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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Laives, 15%. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 12%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% of compared French towns
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.
In Laives, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Fewer single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Laives, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 88% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 63% of compared French towns: 34%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 986 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Laives 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.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laives | 48.8 | 22% | 9.2% | 3% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 1.2 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 6.3 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 7.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 8.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 9.3 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 10.1 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
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 Laives
What is the population of Laives?
986 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,003).
How old are Laives’ residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laives?
49, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laives?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laives?
€29,020 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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