More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
The share of households without a car trails 96% of compared French towns: 3.7%. Bazougers counted 1,079 residents and 430 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker. 2.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Bazougers
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bazougers changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 80% 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 Mayenne town ±0%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Bazougers
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazougers 42. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bazougers is 42, lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Bazougers (11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
3.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Bazougers has 26%. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
In Bazougers, 6.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 78% 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
Empty homes make up 8.8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 16%. Bazougers has more second homes than 58% of compared French towns, at 2.7%.
A typical living standard of €25,390 a year
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.
Half of Bazougers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 23% in Bazougers, less than in 89% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Bazougers comes in at 7%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bazougers comes in at 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.
Bazougers ranks above 88% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Bazougers comes in at 23%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Bazougers, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,079 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Bazougers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazougers | 42 | 18% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 5 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 5.2 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 6.6 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 8.6 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 8.8 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 2% |
| Louverné 4,344 · 9.1 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
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 Bazougers
What is the population of Bazougers?
1,079 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,109).
How old are Bazougers’ residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazougers?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazougers?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazougers?
€25,390 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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