2.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
In Lencloître, nearly one in ten homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Lencloître was home to 2,483 people in 1,170 households. Here, 11% of homes stand empty. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.8, older than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Lencloître changed by −1% since 2012
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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vienne town +4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lencloître 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6%, Lencloître is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 40% in Lencloître and 35% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 23% of households are couples with children. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
15% of households have no car, more than in 67% 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
23% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 12% moved in within the last two years. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 9.6%, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,510 a year per consumption unit
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 Lencloître’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 41%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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).
Immigrants make up 1.8% in Lencloître, less than in 93% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Lencloître ranks below 78% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Married residents: just over two fifths of the total. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lencloître ranks below 95% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 29% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,483 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lencloître
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lencloître | 49.8 | 30% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 7 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 7.4 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 8.1 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 8.4 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 8.6 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Dissay 3,101 · 8.9 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
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 Lencloître
What is the population of Lencloître?
2,483 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,508).
How old are Lencloître’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lencloître?
38, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lencloître?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lencloître?
€23,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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