La Brûlatte ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.4%
In La Brûlatte, 26% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Its 280 households held 673 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 1.6%.
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.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 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
The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of La Brûlatte is over 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Brûlatte 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 3.6% of households are single parents in La Brûlatte
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Few places have as many couples with children: 33% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes stand empty
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
4.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 33% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,970 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,970 a year: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
La Brûlatte: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 98% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional in La Brûlatte. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. Roughly four in ten: nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Brûlatte sits below 92% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.9%)
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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.2% in La Brûlatte and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 54%
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 share of single residents is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 66% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 17th oldest of 41 French towns of 673 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than La Brûlatte: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Brûlatte | 46.9 | 23% | 3.2% | 1.9% |
| Loiron-Ruillé 2,758 · 2.2 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Berthevin 7,479 · 6.4 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.4% |
| Changé 6,502 · 8.2 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Argentré-du-Plessis 4,633 · 8.9 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Laval 49,400 · 9 mi | 40.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 10% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 10 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
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 Brûlatte
What is the population of La Brûlatte?
673 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (697).
How old are La Brûlatte’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Brûlatte?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Brûlatte?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Brûlatte?
€25,970 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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