2% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 2.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Laizé has more couples with children than 85% of compared French towns, at 32%. 1,155 residents in 480 households: that is Laizé at the 2023 Census. In Laizé, 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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.
Since 2012, Laizé has grown +7%, faster than 59% 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 change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 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
■ Laizé 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 61% of compared French towns: 10%. Half of Laizé’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
In Laizé, 7.2% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Empty homes: 3.3%, a lower share than 94% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. 21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.2% moved in within the last two years.
Median living standard: €28,360 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.
At €28,360 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 26%, a lower share than 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in seven here (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Laizé ranks below 78% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.5%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
Laizé sits below 89% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Laizé, less than in 90% 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 72% of compared French towns: 37%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,155 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Laizé is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laizé | 44.8 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 4.9 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 5 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 5.4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 6.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 7.8 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 8.3 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
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 Laizé
What is the population of Laizé?
1,155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,079).
How old are Laizé’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laizé?
15, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laizé?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laizé?
€28,360 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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