A median age of 35.8: Louvres is younger than 95% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households is 28%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. For Louvres, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 20%. On households in social housing, Louvres sits higher than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 22%. At the 2023 Census, 12,560 people lived in the town, in 4,660 households.
Throughout this page, the Val-d'Oise 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 Louvres
Immigrants
INSEE counts 2,700 immigrants in Louvres (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 16% for the median compared commune in Val-d'Oise. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Louvres’ residents are under 35.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Louvres had 9,767 residents at the 2012 census and 12,560 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +29% since 2012 puts Louvres ahead of 96% 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 change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +22% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Val-d'Oise town +8%.
Louvres sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (12%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Louvres 35.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Louvres, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. 15% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 95% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Louvres, 50% of homes are flats, more than in 75% 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
The share of empty homes is 4.6%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 15% of households have no car. Lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 1% of homes are second homes. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The median resident lives on €25,030 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.
Half of Louvres’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,030 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 60% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 17.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13%, a higher share than 69% 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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 94% of compared French towns: 21% of 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Louvres, 15%. To put it in context, 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.
A larger share of single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 32%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Louvres, 44%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
23% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Louvres. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 12,247 to 12,883 people, the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 33.2 in Villetaneuse to 60 in Andernos-les-Bains.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Louvres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louvres | 35.8 | 12% | 1% | 21% |
| Puiseux-en-France 3,765 · 0.9 mi | 38.7 | 14% | 0.6% | 14% |
| Goussainville 31,301 · 2.1 mi | 34.4 | 12% | 3.3% | 34% |
| Marly-la-Ville 6,022 · 2.8 mi | 38.6 | 15% | 1% | 12% |
| Roissy-en-France 2,674 · 3.1 mi | 34 | 11% | 8.4% | 16% |
| Le Thillay 4,560 · 3.2 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 1.3% | 23% |
| Vémars 3,124 · 3.4 mi | 35.8 | 12% | 1.9% | 13% |
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 Louvres
What is the population of Louvres?
12,560 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (9,767).
How old are Louvres’ residents?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louvres?
51, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louvres?
INSEE counts 2,690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 1,850 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louvres?
€25,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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