Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.3% of homes are flats
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in Couesmes-Vaucé. Across Couesmes-Vaucé, 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.1% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Couesmes-Vaucé was home to 379 people in 170 households.
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 Couesmes-Vaucé
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 84 second homes and occasional dwellings in Couesmes-Vaucé, 27% of its 310 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Couesmes-Vaucé (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 22% of residents, against 3.1% for the median compared commune in Mayenne. 22% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 homes empty (19%): 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 higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Couesmes-Vaucé, 19% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 83% of compared French towns: Couesmes-Vaucé changed by −4% since 2012
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
A median age of 49.7: Couesmes-Vaucé is older than 82% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Couesmes-Vaucé 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Couesmes-Vaucé, 27% of households are couples with children, more than in 61% 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%; Couesmes-Vaucé has 33%. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
A median of €22,100 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 €22,100 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in six.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 22%, a higher share than 95% 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.
The share of foreign nationals tops 98% of compared French towns: 22%. The usual figure: 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.
In Couesmes-Vaucé, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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 25% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Couesmes-Vaucé, 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Couesmes-Vaucé comes in at 17%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 379 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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Couesmes-Vaucé are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couesmes-Vaucé | 49.7 | 25% | 27% | 22% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 4.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 10.2 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 10.9 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 13.2 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 14.4 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 15.3 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
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 Couesmes-Vaucé
What is the population of Couesmes-Vaucé?
379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (393).
How old are Couesmes-Vaucé’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couesmes-Vaucé?
84, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couesmes-Vaucé?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 22% of residents, and 83 foreign nationals (22%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couesmes-Vaucé?
€22,100 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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