A median age of 54.2: La Ferté-Loupière is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. La Ferté-Loupière counted 559 residents and 270 households at the 2023 Census. In La Ferté-Loupière, 44% of households are headed by a retired person. Flats: 2.6% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 La Ferté-Loupière
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Ferté-Loupière, 21% of its 430 homes: higher than in 93% 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 La Ferté-Loupière’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 66 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
15% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 6.9% of households have no car.
Faster growth than 76% of compared French towns: La Ferté-Loupière changed by +12% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in La Ferté-Loupière, more than in 91% 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
■ La Ferté-Loupière 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 16%, a higher share than 98% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. On couples with children, La Ferté-Loupière sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 16%. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 36% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,720 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 median standard of living in La Ferté-Loupière is €23,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.8% in La Ferté-Loupière, less 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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Ferté-Loupière, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. The census found that 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in La Ferté-Loupière. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In La Ferté-Loupière, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 79% 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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 adults with no qualification tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 21%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than La Ferté-Loupière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferté-Loupière | 54.2 | 33% | 21% | 3.4% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 4.7 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 5.7 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 9.9 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 11.2 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 12.3 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 13.4 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
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 La Ferté-Loupière
What is the population of La Ferté-Loupière?
559 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (497).
How old are La Ferté-Loupière’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Ferté-Loupière?
89, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Ferté-Loupière?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Ferté-Loupière?
€23,720 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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