44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 82% of compared French towns
In Lux, 8% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 17% of the total. The median age locally is 42.8, lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. The town’s 940 households held 1,885 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Lux behind 68% 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
The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
22% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 52% 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
■ Lux 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 73% of compared French towns, at 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
By its share of single-parent households (8.4%), Lux is below three quarters of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
Flats: 38%, a higher share than 61% 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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. Second homes make up about one in 36 here (2.8%).
A median of €25,490 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,490 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Lux has 31%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. 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).
6.5% of Lux’s residents 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%. Here, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 76% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 67% of compared French towns: 16%
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 census found that 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lux. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,885 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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Lux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lux | 42.8 | 22% | 2.8% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 1.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 2.6 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 2.7 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 3.3 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Champforgeuil 2,637 · 4.5 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 5.3 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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 Lux
What is the population of Lux?
1,885 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,879).
How old are Lux’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lux?
29, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lux?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lux?
€25,490 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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