3.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
By its share of households in social housing (4.1%), Lhommaizé is below 90% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are couples with children. This Vienne town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns, at 4%. 898 residents in 380 households: that is Lhommaizé at the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Lhommaizé
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lhommaizé, 12% of its 500 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 59 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.7% of homes are flats
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
Empty homes make up 12%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Lhommaizé’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 59% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vienne town +4%.
Younger than 83% of compared French towns: half of Lhommaizé is under 39.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lhommaizé 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Lhommaizé comes in at 16%. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Lhommaizé ranks below 71% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 10%, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,410 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 €24,410 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Lhommaizé ranks below 79% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 27%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Lhommaizé, 20%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Lhommaizé
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: 1.6%, below 84% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lhommaizé sits below 75% of compared French towns for 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
The share of married residents is 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Lhommaizé sits below 80% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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 Lhommaizé, just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 898 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).
Every neighbor is older than Lhommaizé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lhommaizé | 39.2 | 16% | 12% | 2% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 4.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir 2,631 · 7.4 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 9.1 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 9.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis 2,975 · 9.7 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir 5,229 · 11.8 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 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 Lhommaizé
What is the population of Lhommaizé?
898 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (840).
How old are Lhommaizé’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lhommaizé?
60, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lhommaizé?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lhommaizé?
€24,410 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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