Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 89% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing trails 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%. For Hédé-Bazouges, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 24%. On couples with children, Hédé-Bazouges sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 32%. The 2023 Census counted 2,267 residents in 930 households.
Throughout this page, the Ille-et-Vilaine 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.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Hédé-Bazouges ahead of 64% 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
The change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ille-et-Vilaine town +15%.
Hédé-Bazouges is younger than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hédé-Bazouges 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4% in Hédé-Bazouges and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 Ille-et-Vilaine median and the France median
Living alone · share
At 9.1%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
6.1% of homes in Hédé-Bazouges are second homes
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.3% of households have no car here. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in six here (16%). Higher than in 74% of compared French towns: 9.2% of homes stand empty.
€27,790 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 €27,790 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 8.0% of residents.
Hédé-Bazouges: 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 78% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
5.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% 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.
About one in 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Hédé-Bazouges (3.8%). Elsewhere, 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.
Fewer married residents than 65% of compared French towns: 41%
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
For Hédé-Bazouges, the census puts single residents at 26%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Hédé-Bazouges: 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 87% of compared French towns
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Hédé-Bazouges. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 2,267 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
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.
Older than Hédé-Bazouges: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hédé-Bazouges | 40.9 | 15% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Tinténiac 3,939 · 2.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Gévezé 6,061 · 5.6 mi | 38.3 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Domineuc 2,619 · 6.2 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.5% | 1.7% |
| La Mézière 5,033 · 6.2 mi | 41.7 | 15% | 1.7% | 3% |
| Melesse 7,541 · 7.1 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Romillé 4,189 · 7.4 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
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 Hédé-Bazouges
What is the population of Hédé-Bazouges?
2,267 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,094).
How old are Hédé-Bazouges’ residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hédé-Bazouges?
67, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hédé-Bazouges?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 87 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hédé-Bazouges?
€27,790 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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