Half of Lagnes is over 51.9, older than 89% of compared French towns
Here 4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lagnes is home to 1,742 residents in 820 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that just over a fifth of households are couples with children locally.
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 Lagnes
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lagnes, 13% of its 1,010 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Lagnes’ residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lagnes: 13% of homes are second homes, above 90% 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
Lagnes sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In Lagnes, 11% of homes are flats.
A +7% change since 2012: Lagnes grew faster than 58% 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
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% in Lagnes, less than in 94% 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
■ Lagnes 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Lagnes is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Lagnes
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
Here 11% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Standard of living at the median: €27,820 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,820 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Lagnes has 35%. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 12%. As a reference point, 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).
In Lagnes, 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 61% 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.
On the census count, 6.3% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%.
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 married residents than 88% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 72% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Lagnes has 17%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,742 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
Lagnes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagnes | 51.9 | 29% | 13% | 6.3% |
| Robion 4,816 · 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 3.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
| Cavaillon 25,636 · 4.8 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 3.1% | 20% |
| Le Thor 8,882 · 6.2 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 3.6% | 6.2% |
| Velleron 3,168 · 6.2 mi | 49.5 | 26% | 7% | 4.9% |
| Cheval-Blanc 4,362 · 6.5 mi | 48.8 | 24% | 4.8% | 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 Lagnes
What is the population of Lagnes?
1,742 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,633).
How old are Lagnes’ residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 89% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lagnes?
130, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lagnes?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lagnes?
€27,820 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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