Changé ranks below 89% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
Empty homes: 3.8% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.3% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 6,502 residents and 2,760 households in Changé. Across Changé, 39% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Changé
Growing fast
Changé had 5,573 residents at the 2012 census and 6,502 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: Changé grew faster than 85% 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
The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Older than 63% of compared French towns: half of Changé is over 45.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Changé 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Changé is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
8.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 73% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 26%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Only 17% of homes are flats in Changé
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 19 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. On households in social housing, Changé sits lower than 60% of compared French towns: 10%. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Across Changé, 1.5% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €28,990 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,990 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Changé sits above 59% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (11%)
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 manual worker make up about one in eight here (13%). The wider picture: 9.4% of 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).
Only 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Changé
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 Changé, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Changé has 19%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Changé, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 6,459 to 6,549 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 36.5 in Vezin-le-Coquet to 58 in Gueugnon.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Changé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changé | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Laval 49,400 · 2.3 mi | 40.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Saint-Berthevin 7,479 · 2.8 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.4% |
| Louverné 4,344 · 3.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 4.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 5.3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 6.7 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
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 Changé
What is the population of Changé?
6,502 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (5,573).
How old are Changé’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Changé?
43, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Changé?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Changé?
€28,990 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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