La Baconnière ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 44%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 1.1% in La Baconnière. The town’s 710 households held 1,965 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.6% of households have no car locally. At 3.9%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 91% 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 La Baconnière
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 4.7% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of La Baconnière’s residents are under 35.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Baconnière grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 83% 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
In two steps, +13% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Mayenne.
La Baconnière is younger than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 35.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Baconnière 35.9. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of La Baconnière’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Mayenne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 29% are under 18. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 12% here, more than in 69% of compared French towns.
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 make up 22% in La Baconnière, less than in 99% 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 single-parent households is 10%; La Baconnière has 4.7%. There are 2.7 people in the average household. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In La Baconnière, 5.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 77% 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
The figure for empty homes is 5.3% in La Baconnière and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 13%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,810 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.
The median standard of living in La Baconnière is €25,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a retired person, below 95% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Baconnière ranks below 89% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.3%
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.
In La Baconnière, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns: 15%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,965 to 2,582 people
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 35.9 in La Baconnière to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than La Baconnière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Baconnière | 35.9 | 13% | 5.1% | 2.3% |
| Changé 6,502 · 7.4 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Berthevin 7,479 · 8.1 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.4% |
| Loiron-Ruillé 2,758 · 8.4 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 8.4 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Louverné 4,344 · 9.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Laval 49,400 · 9.5 mi | 40.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 La Baconnière
What is the population of La Baconnière?
1,965 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (1,701).
How old are La Baconnière’s residents?
The median age is 35.9, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Baconnière?
40, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Baconnière?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Baconnière?
€25,810 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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