In Lescheraines, 1.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 6.9%, below 74% of compared French towns. Lescheraines is home to 803 residents in 370 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in five: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Lescheraines (19%). At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Lescheraines
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lescheraines, 22% of its 490 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 78% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 22% in Lescheraines, more than in 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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Lescheraines comes in at 15%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 25%.
Lescheraines grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 69% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Savoie.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 64% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lescheraines 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.7, Lescheraines is younger than 52% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (9.8%). The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 39%
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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 23% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
The median resident lives on €25,510 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,510 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 9.7% in Lescheraines.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4% of residents are immigrants in Lescheraines
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 lower than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. On the census count, 3.9% 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.
Lescheraines sits below 77% of compared French towns for married residents (38%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Lescheraines sits below 56% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
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 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Lescheraines. 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 (803 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Lescheraines and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lescheraines | 43.7 | 20% | 22% | 4% |
| Doussard 3,751 · 7 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 19% | 7% |
| Alby-sur-Chéran 2,664 · 8.3 mi | 37.4 | 11% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 8.5 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 2.7% | 6.9% |
| Saint-Jorioz 6,390 · 8.6 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 17% | 6.5% |
| La Biolle 2,948 · 9.3 mi | 40 | 17% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Faverges-Seythenex 7,545 · 9.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 8.6% | 9.3% |
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 Lescheraines
What is the population of Lescheraines?
803 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (731).
How old are Lescheraines’ residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lescheraines?
110, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lescheraines?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lescheraines?
€25,510 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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