A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 46%
Flats make up 1.1%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Bouchamps-lès-Craon’s 220 households held 595 residents at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing account for 3.3%. On households headed by a manual worker, Bouchamps-lès-Craon sits higher than 94% of compared French towns: 24%.
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 Bouchamps-lès-Craon
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 2.5% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Bouchamps-lès-Craon’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouchamps-lès-Craon grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 54% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Mayenne town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Younger than 91% of compared French towns: half of Bouchamps-lès-Craon is under 37.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouchamps-lès-Craon 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 12%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 24% in Bouchamps-lès-Craon, less than in 96% 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
There are 2.8 people in the average household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 2.5% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 94% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.6%. 5% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 77% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,600 a year to live on
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 Bouchamps-lès-Craon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,600 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.8%, a lower share than 87% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 30% in Bouchamps-lès-Craon and 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
In Bouchamps-lès-Craon, 2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bouchamps-lès-Craon, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Bouchamps-lès-Craon, 24%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Bouchamps-lès-Craon, less than in 72% 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
With adults with no qualification at 17%, Bouchamps-lès-Craon is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 595 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 37.1 in Bouchamps-lès-Craon to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Bouchamps-lès-Craon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouchamps-lès-Craon | 37.1 | 12% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Craon 4,431 · 3.1 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Renazé 2,504 · 3.2 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Ombrée d'Anjou 8,813 · 7.8 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 3.1% | 6% |
| Segré-en-Anjou Bleu 17,667 · 9.6 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 9.8 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 13.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
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 Bouchamps-lès-Craon
What is the population of Bouchamps-lès-Craon?
595 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (563).
How old are Bouchamps-lès-Craon’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouchamps-lès-Craon?
12, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouchamps-lès-Craon?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouchamps-lès-Craon?
€24,600 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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