A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Oudon. There were 1,620 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 3,904 residents. Here, 7.2% of homes are flats. One-person households are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loire-Atlantique 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 Oudon
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Oudon grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 69% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loire-Atlantique town +14%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +7%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Oudon sits below 69% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Oudon 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Oudon’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire-Atlantique 51.0%, France 51.8%.
In Oudon, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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 Loire-Atlantique median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 7.1% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
In Oudon, 3.5% of homes are second homes, more than in 67% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.4%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,380 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.
The median standard of living in Oudon is €28,380 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 5.0%.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 70% of compared French towns: 13%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 12% in Oudon and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.8% in Oudon, less than in 84% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Oudon, 1.9%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents 15 and over are married in Oudon. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% 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
Two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,871 to 3,936 people, the 15th 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.
The youngest is La Rochette (35.5), the oldest Belz (57.7).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Oudon are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oudon | 42.5 | 19% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Couffé 2,535 · 2.6 mi | 38.5 | 13% | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Le Cellier 4,051 · 3.9 mi | 43.9 | 20% | 1.8% | 3.1% |
| Orée d'Anjou 17,162 · 4.1 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3.5% | 1.7% |
| Ancenis-Saint-Géréon 11,600 · 4.7 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 2.6% | 7.1% |
| Divatte-sur-Loire 7,252 · 5.7 mi | 42.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Mésanger 4,724 · 5.8 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
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 Oudon
What is the population of Oudon?
3,904 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,558).
How old are Oudon’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oudon?
63, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oudon?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oudon?
€28,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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