Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Cuillé has 6%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 5.8%, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The town counted 888 residents and 400 households at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 36 here (2.8%).
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 Cuillé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cuillé had 933 residents at the 2012 census and 888 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, Cuillé 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
The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
In Cuillé, 9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer 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
■ Cuillé 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.7, Cuillé is older than 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 33% in Cuillé, less than in 58% 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
Average household size: 2.2 people. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 55% of compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 89% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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
In Cuillé, 5.9% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more.
€24,090 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Cuillé is €24,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Cuillé. The wider picture: 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).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% 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.
2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Cuillé, less than in 91% 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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 888 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Cuillé, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuillé | 44.7 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.8% |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne 4,554 · 5.7 mi | 49.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Argentré-du-Plessis 4,633 · 6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Étrelles 2,703 · 7.5 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Bais 2,539 · 8.8 mi | 38.2 | 19% | 2% | 2% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 9.4 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Loiron-Ruillé 2,758 · 10.3 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
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 Cuillé
What is the population of Cuillé?
888 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (933).
How old are Cuillé’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuillé?
27, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuillé?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuillé?
€24,090 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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