Below 99% of compared French towns: 2% of households have no car
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Bannes. Locally, 1.5% of homes are flats. Few places have so few households in social housing: 7.8% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 119 residents in 51 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 Bannes
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bannes, 11% of its 68 homes: higher than in 88% 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
Bannes had 131 residents at the 2012 census and 119 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Bannes, 15% of homes stand empty, more than in 95% 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
11% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Mayenne town ±0%. The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Bannes 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
■ Bannes 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Bannes is older than 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Bannes, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
€25,940 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker
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. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 30% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5% in Bannes, less 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 20: that is how common foreign nationals are in Bannes (5%). Typically, 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.
Bannes sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Bannes ranks below 71% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 119 to 2,582
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).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Bannes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannes | 45 | 19% | 11% | 5% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 9.7 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 9.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Évron 8,252 · 11.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 14 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 14.7 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 2% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 15 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 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 Bannes
What is the population of Bannes?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (131).
How old are Bannes’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bannes?
7, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bannes?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bannes?
€25,940 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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