Half of Courcité is over 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 9.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 380 households in Courcité at the 2023 Census, home to 797 residents. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 45% locally.
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 Courcité
Fewer residents than in 2012
Courcité had 901 residents at the 2012 census and 797 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Courcité’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 71 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.
Courcité’s population moved −12% on 2012, less than in 98% 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%. The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −12% from 2017 to 2023.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 81% 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
■ Courcité 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 84% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Single-parent households make up 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Here 8.7% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. On the census count, 14% of homes stand empty. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,610 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,610 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 81% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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: 20%, above 83% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% 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 median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Courcité.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 58% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Courcité has 16%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Courcité. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 797 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Courcité 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcité | 52.8 | 28% | 9.2% | 3.8% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 3 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Évron 8,252 · 12.9 mi | 50 | 29% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 14.9 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 16.7 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 16.8 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 17.8 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 Courcité
What is the population of Courcité?
797 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (901).
How old are Courcité’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Courcité?
46, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Courcité?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Courcité?
€23,610 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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