Half of Champéon is under 36.1, younger than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.7%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.6% of households are single parents in Champéon. 5.1% of households have no car, a lower share than in 87% of compared French towns. The town had 636 residents in 260 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Champéon
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Champéon, 11% of its 350 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Champéon’s residents are under 36.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 50 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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
Just over one in ten homes are second homes (Mayenne median 2.1%, France median 2.1%) and 14% are empty (6.7%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.5% of homes are flats. Empty homes are more common here than in 94% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Champéon has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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 +9% to 2023.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Champéon
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champéon 36.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 83% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
Households average 2.4 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 80% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,130 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.
At €23,130 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Champéon ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 28%
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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Champéon, 35%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 70% 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 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Champéon (3.9%). Set beside that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 77% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Champéon ranks below 80% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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 21%, Champéon is ahead of 62% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 636 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 36.1 in Champéon to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Champéon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champéon | 36.1 | 18% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 6.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 6.2 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 10.6 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 11.9 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 14.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 15 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 2% |
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 Champéon
What is the population of Champéon?
636 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (587).
How old are Champéon’s residents?
The median age is 36.1, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champéon?
40, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champéon?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champéon?
€23,130 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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