Half of Luchapt is over 63.9, older than 99% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 3.7% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 244 residents in Luchapt, living in 110 households. The census found that 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 94% 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.
What stands out about the people of Luchapt
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Luchapt, 23% of its 210 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Luchapt’s residents are under 63.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Luchapt (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 24% of residents, against 3.9% for the median compared commune in Vienne. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Luchapt had 282 residents at the 2012 census and 244 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Luchapt ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 23%
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
One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In Luchapt, 8% of households have no car. On second homes, Luchapt sits higher than 94% of compared French towns: 23%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Luchapt changed by −13% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Vienne. Here the change came as −12% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
47% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Luchapt 63.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (2.7%), Luchapt is below 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Luchapt: 41% of households are one person living alone, above 74% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.7 people. Just over one in ten households are single parents, more than in 81% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €18,800 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 €18,800 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
In Luchapt, 54% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% 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
3.7% of Luchapt’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 54% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (23%), Luchapt is above 98% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Married residents: 44%, a higher share than 57% 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
On the census count, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 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
Adults with no qualification make up 34%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 244 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Luchapt (63.9), the oldest.
Luchapt is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luchapt | 63.9 | 47% | 23% | 24% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 12.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 14.1 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 17.6 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
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 Luchapt
What is the population of Luchapt?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (282).
How old are Luchapt’s residents?
The median age is 63.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 6.9% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luchapt?
48, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luchapt?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 24% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luchapt?
€18,800 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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