In La Roë, 3.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (14%), La Roë is above 92% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 248 people lived here, in 110 households. 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 37. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Roë
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Roë, 12% of its 140 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of La Roë’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.
Second homes: 12%, a higher share than 89% 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
Empty homes make up 8.7%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 9.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 15% have stayed 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+1% since 2012: slower than 67% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Half of La Roë is under 38.7, younger than 85% 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 Roë 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in La Roë comes in at 16%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In La Roë, 4.9% of households are single parents, fewer 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
Nearly two in five households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Across La Roë, 29% of households are couples with children. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €22,560 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 Roë is €22,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Only 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in La Roë
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 39% in La Roë. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%. Across La Roë, nearly a quarter 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).
Immigrants make up 3.2% in La Roë, less than in 80% of compared French towns
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.
La Roë has fewer foreign nationals than 56% of compared French towns, at 3.6%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, below 93% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 80% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 248 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as La Roë
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roë | 38.7 | 16% | 12% | 3.2% |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne 4,554 · 6.7 mi | 49.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Renazé 2,504 · 7.5 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Craon 4,431 · 7.9 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 9.6 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Martigné-Ferchaud 2,688 · 10.9 mi | 44.9 | 26% | 6.5% | 4.8% |
| Argentré-du-Plessis 4,633 · 11.2 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 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 Roë
What is the population of La Roë?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (246).
How old are La Roë’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Roë?
16, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Roë?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Roë?
€22,560 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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