Flats: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Here 5.8% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households headed by a manual worker account for 29%. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). At the 2023 Census Averton was home to 552 people in 250 households.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Averton
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Averton, 13% of its 340 homes: higher than in 90% 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
Averton had 611 residents at the 2012 census and 552 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Averton’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 40 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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
One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 12%, more than in 87% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 5.5%.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Averton changed by −10% since 2012
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 median Mayenne town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −6%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Averton is over 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Averton 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Averton comes in at 9.9%. On the census count, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 30% in Averton, less than in 76% 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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. 25% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 54% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,130 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,130 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Averton, more than in 69% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
Averton sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.3%)
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 Averton, 2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Averton ranks above 94% of compared French towns on married residents: 51%
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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Averton and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Averton sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 85% of compared French towns: 27%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 552 to 2,582 people
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.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Averton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Averton | 51.7 | 27% | 13% | 2.3% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 2.7 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 14.1 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 14.7 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Évron 8,252 · 15.3 mi | 50 | 29% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 16 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 16.9 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
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 Averton
What is the population of Averton?
552 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (611).
How old are Averton’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Averton?
45, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Averton?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Averton?
€25,130 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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