In Lusse, 25% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Lusse comes in at 1.2%. At the 2023 Census, 354 people lived in the town, in 180 households. The census found that 47% of households are headed by a retired person in the town. With a median age of 50.5, Lusse is older than 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Lusse
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lusse, 25% of its 270 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lusse had 445 residents at the 2012 census and 354 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 84% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%. At 7%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 73% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
A change of −20% since 2012 leaves Lusse behind 99% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −18% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −6% in Vosges.
Lusse ranks above 81% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lusse 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 44% in Lusse, more than in 81% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 8.3% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put couples with children at 21% in Lusse. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,080 a year in standard of living
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 €23,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
In Lusse, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 71% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 59% of compared French towns: 11%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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 Lusse, 2.7% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
Fewer married residents than 84% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Here 29% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 69% of compared French towns: 25%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Lusse and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusse | 50.5 | 28% | 25% | 2.7% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 4.6 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 7.4 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 8.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Anould 3,234 · 10.2 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 11.1 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Orbey 3,429 · 11.8 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 12% | 3.7% |
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 Lusse
What is the population of Lusse?
354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (445).
How old are Lusse’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lusse?
68, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lusse?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lusse?
€23,080 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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