Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.8% of homes are flats
In Charchigné, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 459 residents and 200 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker account for 34%. Fewer single-parent households than in 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%.
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 Charchigné
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Charchigné, 10% of its 260 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 89% 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
Charchigné had 504 residents at the 2012 census and 459 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Charchigné: 10% of homes are second homes, above 88% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes stand empty in Charchigné. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.6% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Of all households, 7.2% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more.
Charchigné changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Older than 58% of compared French towns: half of Charchigné is over 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charchigné 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of Charchigné’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Mayenne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 24% are under 18. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as 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%.
Charchigné ranks above 82% of compared French towns on couples with children: 31%
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, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Charchigné, 31%. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
€24,260 a year: the median standard of living
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 residents live in households above €24,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.9% in Charchigné, less than in 86% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person here. The wider picture: 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).
Below 63% of compared French towns: 5% of residents are immigrants
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 account for 4.5%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 93% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (459 to 2,582 people), the 21st oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Charchigné
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charchigné | 45.3 | 20% | 10% | 5% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 7.6 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 8 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 9.7 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 10.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 12.3 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 12.3 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
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 Charchigné
What is the population of Charchigné?
459 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (504).
How old are Charchigné’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charchigné?
27, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charchigné?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charchigné?
€24,260 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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