A higher share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns, at 36%
2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. Here, 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few flats: 3.2% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. La Rouaudière is home to 320 residents in 130 households, by 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 Rouaudière
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Rouaudière had 339 residents at the 2012 census and 320 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 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.
La Rouaudière’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 90% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Mayenne. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
In La Rouaudière, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 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 Rouaudière 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Rouaudière’s residents are under 43.2, younger than in 56% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% here, about one in ten. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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 2.5 people in the average household. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
More empty homes than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
One household in 11 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Few places have as many second homes: 4.8% here, more than in 76% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.1% (under two years).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,110 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.
Living standards centre on €22,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
In La Rouaudière, 33% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Rouaudière sits above 73% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (7.8%)
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 make up 48% in La Rouaudière, more than in 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in La Rouaudière, 23%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 17%, a lower share than 93% 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 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 12th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than La Rouaudière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rouaudière | 43.2 | 18% | 4.8% | 8.4% |
| Martigné-Ferchaud 2,688 · 6.3 mi | 44.9 | 26% | 6.5% | 4.8% |
| Renazé 2,504 · 6.9 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne 4,554 · 7.9 mi | 49.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Ombrée d'Anjou 8,813 · 8.6 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 3.1% | 6% |
| Retiers 4,566 · 10 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2% | 4.2% |
| Craon 4,431 · 11.1 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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 Rouaudière
What is the population of La Rouaudière?
320 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (339).
How old are La Rouaudière’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Rouaudière?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Rouaudière?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Rouaudière?
€22,110 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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