In La Croixille, 2.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in La Croixille, 5.6%. Households headed by a manual worker account for 25%. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. The town had 629 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census.
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 Croixille
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Croixille had 689 residents at the 2012 census and 629 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 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.
Since 2012, La Croixille has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Mayenne town ±0%.
A median age of 40.2: La Croixille is younger than 78% 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
■ La Croixille 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Across La Croixille, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 84% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 95% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, La Croixille has 7.5%. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). Households without a car: 17% of the total. Empty homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,570 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 Croixille is €24,570 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On households headed by a retired person, La Croixille sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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, La Croixille has 1.8%. Typically, 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in La Croixille
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
Married residents make up 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 94% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 29%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
La Croixille is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Croixille | 40.2 | 19% | 7.5% | 1.6% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 8.6 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Vitré 19,365 · 9.1 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 3.1% | 6.3% |
| Loiron-Ruillé 2,758 · 10.9 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Argentré-du-Plessis 4,633 · 11.2 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Étrelles 2,703 · 11.8 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Val-d'Izé 2,620 · 11.9 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
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 Croixille
What is the population of La Croixille?
629 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (689).
How old are La Croixille’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Croixille?
25, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Croixille?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Croixille?
€24,570 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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