Half of Lorgues is over 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 43%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 7.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 14. Few places have as many empty homes: 8.5% here, more than in 68% of compared French towns. There were 4,710 households in Lorgues at the 2023 Census, home to 9,849 residents.
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 Lorgues
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 1,220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lorgues, 19% of its 6,480 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Lorgues’ residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 19% in Lorgues, more than in 93% 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 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Lorgues comes in at 25%. Of all households, 15% moved in during the last two years and 14% have stayed three decades or more. Fewer households without a car than in 55% of compared French towns: 9.8%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 66% 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 −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lorgues 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Lorgues, 32%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Lorgues, 19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 77% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Lorgues has more one-person households than 54% of compared French towns, at 36%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,500 a year
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 €25,500 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 19.0% of residents are below the line.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns: 10%
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
6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 10% in Lorgues, more than in 71% 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.
Here 7.5% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The wider picture: 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Lorgues
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Lorgues has 49%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Lorgues has more graduates of higher education than 51% of compared French towns, at 30%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 9,679 to 10,024
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Montlhéry is the youngest (34.7); Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque the oldest (54.6).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Lorgues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorgues | 52.9 | 32% | 19% | 10% |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 3.5 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 17% | 7.5% |
| Le Thoronet 2,631 · 3.6 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 19% | 7.1% |
| Vidauban 12,608 · 5.9 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 15% | 11% |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 6.2 mi | 42.9 | 23% | 2.7% | 10% |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 6.2 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 6.5 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 3.1% | 6.1% |
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 Lorgues
What is the population of Lorgues?
9,849 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (9,047).
How old are Lorgues’ residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lorgues?
1,220, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lorgues?
INSEE counts 1,000 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 740 foreign nationals (7.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lorgues?
€25,500 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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