Luceau sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.8%)
Here 27% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Locally, 42% of households are headed by a retired person. The median age in Luceau is 49.2, higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. The town’s 540 households held 1,225 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Luceau
Fewer residents than in 2012
Luceau had 1,294 residents at the 2012 census and 1,225 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Luceau has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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
In Luceau, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 79% 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
■ Luceau 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
1.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Luceau has more couples with children than 78% of compared French towns, at 31%.
Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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
With households without a car at 5.3%, Luceau is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. Lower than in 73% of compared French towns: 5.1% of homes stand empty. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. The census found that 8.4% of homes are second homes locally.
At the median, €25,610 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €25,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 22%, a higher share than 91% 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 Luceau, 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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.
In Luceau, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 54%
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
By its share of single residents (20%), Luceau is below 91% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,225 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Luceau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luceau | 49.2 | 28% | 8.4% | 1.9% |
| Montval-sur-Loir 5,641 · 1.7 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 5.9% | 3% |
| Mayet 3,187 · 6.6 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 6.6% | 1.3% |
| Écommoy 4,868 · 9.6 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| Le Lude 3,983 · 12.4 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Teloché 3,067 · 13.4 mi | 44.2 | 18% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais 4,252 · 13.9 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
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 Luceau
What is the population of Luceau?
1,225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,294).
How old are Luceau’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luceau?
52, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luceau?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luceau?
€25,610 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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