Lauris sits below 96% of compared French towns for households in social housing (2.1%)
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Lauris’s 1,750 households held 3,921 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person. On flats, Lauris sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 14%.
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 Lauris
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 280 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lauris, 13% of its 2,210 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
13% of homes in Lauris are second homes
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
In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 15% have stayed 30 years or more. On households without a car, Lauris sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 8%, above 63% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: +3% since 2012, behind 55% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Lauris is over 50.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lauris 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% 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: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 64% of compared French towns: 33%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 8.9% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns. By its share of couples with children (27%), Lauris is above 58% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,430 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,430 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 12.0% of the population.
Lauris sits below 75% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (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
Here 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3% of residents are foreign nationals in Lauris
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.
The median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Immigrants account for 5.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 90% of compared French towns
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Lauris is above 80% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Lauris has 17%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 3,888 to 3,955 people, the 7th 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 Suippes (32.4), the youngest, and Belz (57.7), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Lauris, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauris | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 2.4 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 10% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 3.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Charleval 2,640 · 3.9 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.7% |
| Rognes 4,693 · 6.3 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 5.9% | 5.3% |
| Mallemort 6,166 · 6.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 30% | 6% |
| Villelaure 3,398 · 6.8 mi | 45 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
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 Lauris
What is the population of Lauris?
3,921 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,789).
How old are Lauris’ residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lauris?
280, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lauris?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lauris?
€27,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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