4.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Levis comes in at 2.2%. Households without a car account for 5.3%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 45%, more than in 93% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 223 residents and 110 households locally.
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 Levis
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Levis, 16% of its 140 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 90% 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
Levis had 240 residents at the 2012 census and 223 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Levis’ residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Levis ranks above 92% of compared French towns on second homes: 16%
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
At 7.6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 93% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Yonne town −4%.
A median age of 51.8: Levis is older than 88% 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
■ Levis 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Levis and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, below 59% 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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. About one in 11: that is how common single-parent households are in Levis (9.1%). One-person households are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,420 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.
Living standards centre on €24,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns, at 4.4%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Levis.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. To put it in context, 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.
In Levis, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 223 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Levis, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Levis
What is the population of Levis?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (240).
How old are Levis’ residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Levis?
23, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Levis?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Levis?
€24,420 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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