Looze sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (1%)
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Looze, 3.1%. More second homes than in 85% of compared French towns: 7.9%. The 2023 Census counted 443 residents in 190 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 37%.
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 Looze
Fewer residents than in 2012
Looze had 464 residents at the 2012 census and 443 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 86% 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 population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Looze 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.9% in Looze and 11% in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 30% in Looze, less than in 77% 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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of households are single parents in Looze. 25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of households without a car than 73% of compared French towns: 7%
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
Turnover: 5.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 63% of compared French towns: 7.9% of homes stand empty.
A median of €28,020 a year per consumption unit
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 Looze’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,020 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12% in Looze, more than in 66% 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
Across Looze, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten 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).
Fewer immigrants than 69% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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.
About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Looze (3.5%). By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 66% 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
Married residents account for 43%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest 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.
Looze sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Looze | 43.9 | 19% | 7.9% | 4.4% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 1.7 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 4 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 8.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Montholon 2,709 · 8.2 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 7.9% | 3.7% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 9.2 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 Looze
What is the population of Looze?
443 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (464).
How old are Looze’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Looze?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Looze?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Looze?
€28,020 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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