In Lafare, 28% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 13% in Lafare. At the 2023 Census Lafare was home to 130 people in 64 households. The share of households headed by a retired person is 23%, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Lafare
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lafare, 28% of its 95 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% 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.
9.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 87% 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 households without a car is 6.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.2% of homes stand empty.
Lafare grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 73% 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
Over those years, the median Vaucluse town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +12% to 2023.
A median age of 48.5: Lafare is older than 77% 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
■ Lafare 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 87% of compared French towns, at 46%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Census figures put couples with children at 23% in Lafare.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7.7% in Lafare, less than in 62% 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
In Lafare, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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).
Lafare ranks above 77% of compared French towns on immigrants: 12%
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 Lafare, 9.2%. As a reference point, 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 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Lafare
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Lafare sits below 90% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (12%)
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
38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 130 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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.
Around Lafare, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafare | 48.5 | 13% | 28% | 12% |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 3.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 13% | 7.9% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 4 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 8.6% |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 4.6 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
| Sarrians 5,792 · 5.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 6.4 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2.6% | 18% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 6.7 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
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 Lafare
What is the population of Lafare?
130 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (117).
How old are Lafare’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lafare?
27, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lafare?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (9.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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