Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of La Dorée is over 59.2
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, La Dorée has 3.5%. The 2023 Census counted 286 residents in 140 households. About one in seven: that is how common couples with children are in La Dorée (14%). At 5.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 83% 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 Dorée
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Dorée, 21% of its 210 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Dorée’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Dorée had 311 residents at the 2012 census and 286 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in La Dorée (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 3.1% for the median compared commune in Mayenne. 16% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Dorée ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.8%
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
13% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. Second homes come to 21% in La Dorée, about two in ten. Fewer households in social housing than in 97% of compared French towns: 2.1%.
La Dorée’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 95% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −9%; 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
3.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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 Dorée 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 96% of compared French towns: 37%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
6.9% of households are single parents, below 91% 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
There are 2 people in the average household. La Dorée has fewer one-person households than 53% of compared French towns, at 35%. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,980 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 €21,980 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
La Dorée ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 59%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 6.9%, La Dorée is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 32% 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).
A higher share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 17%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents are foreign nationals in La Dorée. 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.
Married residents: 63%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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 15% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school have no qualification in La Dorée. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (286 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
La Dorée is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Dorée | 59.2 | 37% | 21% | 17% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 7.5 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 10.5 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 10.7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 11.3 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 12.1 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Fougères 20,307 · 12.3 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 2% | 6.3% |
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 La Dorée
What is the population of La Dorée?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (311).
How old are La Dorée’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Dorée?
45, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Dorée?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (16%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Dorée?
€21,980 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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