Courbeveille: 41% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
2.8% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Census day 2023: 631 residents and 240 households in Courbeveille. Here, 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The median age locally is 39.3, lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Courbeveille
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Courbeveille had 662 residents at the 2012 census and 631 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Courbeveille has changed by −5%, slower than 87% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
In Courbeveille, 15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 91% 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
■ Courbeveille 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Courbeveille has 13%. As a yardstick, 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%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 95% 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 2.6 people in the average household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 4.2% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
4.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 90% 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
Empty homes make up 5.4%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At 4.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.7% moved in within the last two years.
Half above, half below €24,840 a year in 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 Courbeveille’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,840 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 27%
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 share of households headed by a retired person is 24%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against 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.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 65% 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
The figure for single residents is 24% in Courbeveille and 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
A fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 56% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Courbeveille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courbeveille | 39.3 | 15% | 2.7% | 1.9% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 3.3 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Loiron-Ruillé 2,758 · 5.6 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 5.9 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Berthevin 7,479 · 6.3 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.4% |
| Laval 49,400 · 7.7 mi | 40.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Changé 6,502 · 9 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 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 Courbeveille
What is the population of Courbeveille?
631 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (662).
How old are Courbeveille’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courbeveille?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courbeveille?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courbeveille?
€24,840 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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