3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 97% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 84% of compared French towns: 29%. About one in 13: that is how common single-parent households are in Évron (7.5%). This Mayenne town has more households without a car than three quarters of compared French towns, at 17%. Census day 2023: 8,252 residents and 3,880 households here.
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 Évron
Fewer residents than in 2012
Évron had 8,703 residents at the 2012 census and 8,252 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 530 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Évron: −5%
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 ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Évron is over 50, older than 83% 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
■ Évron 50. The median compared French town: 44.
In Évron, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Évron, 19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 78% 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
The average household has 2 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. One-person households are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns.
Évron: 12% of homes stand empty, above 87% 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
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Évron. Across Évron, 11% of households rent social housing (HLM). Second homes are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,550 a year to live on
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 Évron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,550 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 13.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Évron. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 74% of compared French towns: 3.9% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Évron has 3%. 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.
58% of residents 15 and over live as a couple
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
Here, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Compared with other places, married residents are scarce here: 43%, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Évron
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
Here 29% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 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 (8,120 to 8,386 people), the 6th 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 Mazingarbe (35.8), the oldest Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (63.7).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Évron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Évron | 50 | 29% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 6.9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 2% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 11.7 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Louverné 4,344 · 14.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 14.4 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 14.5 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 14.7 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
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 Évron
What is the population of Évron?
8,252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (8,703).
How old are Évron’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Évron?
110, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Évron?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Évron?
€24,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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