Second homes make up 38% in Lioux, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lioux had 286 residents in 130 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 15 here (6.6%). Here one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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 Lioux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 87 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lioux, 38% of its 230 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 79% 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 Lioux’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Lioux had 243 residents at the 2012 census and 286 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
6.9% of households have no car, below 74% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 12%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. 8.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +18% since 2012, faster than 87% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vaucluse town +7%. The change was +19% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Lioux is over 51, older than 86% 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
■ Lioux 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 73% 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. By its share of couples with children (23%), Lioux is below 61% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €25,740 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.
At €25,740 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Lioux ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.8%
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 38% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 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).
5.9% of Lioux’s residents are immigrants
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.
That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%. On the census count, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 91% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Lioux has 49%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
Here nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 286 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Lioux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lioux | 51 | 25% | 38% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 3.2 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 4.6 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Apt 10,143 · 6.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 11.2 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Robion 4,816 · 11.7 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 12.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 9.9% | 9% |
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 Lioux
What is the population of Lioux?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (243).
How old are Lioux’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lioux?
87, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lioux?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lioux?
€25,740 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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