Lesbœufs ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 14%
21% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 166 people lived in Lesbœufs, in 69 households. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 13%. On households without a car, Lesbœufs sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 4.3%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Lesbœufs
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +10% change since 2012: Lesbœufs grew faster than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Somme town, the change came in two steps: +21% from 2012 to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Lesbœufs is older than 57% of compared French towns: a median age of 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lesbœufs 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 7.1%, below 88% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
4.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 85% 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
In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,620 a year in standard of living
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 €24,620 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Lesbœufs: 36% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Lesbœufs. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lesbœufs ranks below 91% of compared French towns on 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
By its share of married residents (48%), Lesbœufs is above 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (166 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Lesbœufs and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Lesbœufs
What is the population of Lesbœufs?
166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (151).
How old are Lesbœufs’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lesbœufs?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lesbœufs?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lesbœufs?
€24,620 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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