Flats: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Two in five households are headed by a manual worker. La Cropte has more second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.9%.
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 Cropte
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of La Cropte’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 55% of compared French towns grew faster than La Cropte: +4%
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, −7% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Mayenne.
La Cropte is younger than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Cropte 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, La Cropte has 16%. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
La Cropte sits above 92% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 81% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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
Turnover: 5.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.3%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,420 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,420 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5%, a lower share than 86% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (35%), La Cropte is above 64% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.1% of residents are immigrants in La Cropte
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across La Cropte, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in La Cropte
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in La Cropte. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 86% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Graduates of higher education: 32% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 235 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as La Cropte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Cropte | 38.7 | 16% | 7.9% | 5.1% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 3 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 11 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 11.3 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 12.6 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 13.4 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 13.4 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 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 La Cropte
What is the population of La Cropte?
235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (227).
How old are La Cropte’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Cropte?
9, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Cropte?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Cropte?
€26,420 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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