Meaucé ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.1%
The figure for households without a car is 5.2% in Meaucé and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 230 households held 501 residents at the 2023 Census. In Meaucé, 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24. 7% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Meaucé
An older town
Half of Meaucé’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Meaucé’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 85% 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
Over those years, the median Eure-et-Loir town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Meaucé is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Meaucé 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Meaucé and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 63% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
33% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
98% of homes are houses
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 19, where the median compared French town has 11%. On the census count, 6.3% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€24,080 a year: the median 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.
At €24,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Meaucé comes in at 17%. The census found that 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional locally. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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 Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Meaucé.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Meaucé sits above 98% of compared French towns for married residents (54%)
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
18% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
Around Meaucé, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meaucé | 52.8 | 34% | 7% | 2.8% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 1.3 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 5.7 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 10.4 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Courville-sur-Eure 2,791 · 11.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 2,641 · 13.1 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 14 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
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 Meaucé
What is the population of Meaucé?
501 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (522).
How old are Meaucé’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Meaucé?
19, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Meaucé?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Meaucé?
€24,080 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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