Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Le Lavandou is over 58.5
46% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. On couples with children, Le Lavandou sits lower than 94% of compared French towns: 14%. Its 3,590 households held 6,646 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Le Lavandou, 1.5% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Le Lavandou
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 9,170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Lavandou, 71% of its 12,960 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 35% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Lavandou’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Le Lavandou had 5,165 residents at the 2012 census and 6,646 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
71% of homes are second homes, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households have no car here. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Le Lavandou, two thirds of homes are flats. 17% of households rent social housing (HLM), a higher share than in 68% of compared French towns.
Le Lavandou grew +29% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +16%, and from 2017 to 2023 +11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Var town +10%.
Le Lavandou: 40% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Le Lavandou 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 6.1% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 45% in Le Lavandou, more than in 83% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Le Lavandou has 8.5%. A household here holds 1.8 people on average. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,570 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 €25,570 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 18.0% of residents are below the line.
Only 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Le Lavandou
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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Le Lavandou, 9.3%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Lavandou: 9.2% of residents are immigrants, above 67% of compared French towns
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 Le Lavandou, 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% 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.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Le Lavandou. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Le Lavandou, less than in 72% 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 figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Le Lavandou and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 6,569 to 6,718 people
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 36.3 in Chasse-sur-Rhône to 59.8 in Châtelaillon-Plage.
Le Lavandou sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Lavandou | 58.5 | 40% | 71% | 9.2% |
| Bormes-les-Mimosas 8,545 · 1.5 mi | 56.9 | 37% | 61% | 7.5% |
| La Londe-les-Maures 10,584 · 6.7 mi | 59.6 | 40% | 51% | 7.7% |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer 8,121 · 8.1 mi | 57.1 | 38% | 66% | 11% |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 10.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 71% | 14% |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 11.2 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 22% | 15% |
| Hyères 55,858 · 12.2 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 25% | 7.5% |
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 Le Lavandou
What is the population of Le Lavandou?
6,646 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (5,165).
How old are Le Lavandou’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Lavandou?
9,170, with occasional dwellings: 71% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Lavandou?
INSEE counts 610 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 430 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Lavandou?
€25,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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