Half of Luçon is over 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Luçon, 13%. Locally, 4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 9.3% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 75% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Luçon was home to 9,417 people in 4,970 households.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Luçon
An older town
Half of Luçon’s residents are under 56.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Luçon behind 71% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Vendée. Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 36% in Luçon, more than in 95% 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
■ Luçon 56.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%). Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.8 people on average. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Fewer single-parent households than in 73% of compared French towns: 8.5%.
Second homes: 4.2%, a higher share than 72% 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 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Luçon comes in at 14%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 29% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €24,440 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.
Living standards centre on €24,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 15.0%.
In Luçon, 48% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 96% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 12%, Luçon is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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 Luçon, 2.1%. 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.
More single residents than 53% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Luçon. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Luçon, less than in 77% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Luçon comes in at 25%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 9,275 to 9,562 people, the 2nd 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 Vert-Saint-Denis (35.7), the youngest, and Carqueiranne (57.9), the oldest.
Around Luçon, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luçon | 56.2 | 36% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 6 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 7.9 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 2,845 · 10.8 mi | 66.6 | 54% | 66% | 2.1% |
| Angles 3,115 · 11.7 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 29% | 2.6% |
| Bournezeau 3,452 · 12.1 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 4.7% | 1.7% |
| Rives de l'Yon 4,335 · 12.3 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 3.1% | 2% |
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 Luçon
What is the population of Luçon?
9,417 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (9,437).
How old are Luçon’s residents?
The median age is 56.2, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luçon?
240, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luçon?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luçon?
€24,440 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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