In Lucy-sur-Cure, 31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 4.3% in Lucy-sur-Cure. This Yonne town counted 210 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 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 Lucy-sur-Cure
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lucy-sur-Cure, 31% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lucy-sur-Cure had 224 residents at the 2012 census and 210 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Lucy-sur-Cure’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 41% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Lucy-sur-Cure, 1.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. Nearly one in ten households have no car, a lower share than in 66% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Lucy-sur-Cure, the census puts empty homes at 6.3%.
Since 2012, Lucy-sur-Cure has changed by −6%, slower than 91% 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
More residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lucy-sur-Cure 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Lucy-sur-Cure’s residents are over 49.7, older than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Lucy-sur-Cure, 48% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% 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 1.9 people on average. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Lucy-sur-Cure has 26%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,280 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,280 a year: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 63% 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
Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.3% of Lucy-sur-Cure’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 35% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, below 71% 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 71% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 23: that is how common foreign nationals are in Lucy-sur-Cure (4.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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 make up 40%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns: 25%
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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 210 to 2,582 people, the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
4 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lucy-sur-Cure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy-sur-Cure | 49.7 | 33% | 31% | 4.3% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 12.2 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 14.3 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 15.7 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 16.1 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 17.1 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 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 Lucy-sur-Cure
What is the population of Lucy-sur-Cure?
210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (224).
How old are Lucy-sur-Cure’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lucy-sur-Cure?
54, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lucy-sur-Cure?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lucy-sur-Cure?
€22,280 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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