Landivy is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
The figure for second homes is 8.5% in Landivy and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,094, in 500 households. Locally, 46% of households are headed by a retired person. On flats, Landivy sits lower than 95% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
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 Landivy
An older town
Half of Landivy’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Landivy had 1,162 residents at the 2012 census and 1,094 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 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
Over those years, the median Mayenne town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Landivy: 34% of residents are 65 or over, above 93% 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
■ Landivy 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Landivy has 8.5%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Landivy sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (1%)
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 2.1 people in the average household. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. The figure for couples with children is 23% in Landivy and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 17%, a higher share than 97% 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
In the median compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; here, one in 12. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Landivy.
Median standard of living: €23,290 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,290 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 69% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
In Landivy, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, nearly one in ten 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns, at 7%
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.
The share of immigrants is 7.6%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
In Landivy, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 92% 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
Single residents: 21%, below 86% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 36%, a higher share than 98% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 16%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,094 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Landivy sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landivy | 54.3 | 34% | 8.5% | 7.6% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 4.2 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 7.3 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 8.4 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 10.8 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Fougères 20,307 · 11.4 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 2% | 6.3% |
| Lécousse 3,530 · 11.6 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
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 Landivy
What is the population of Landivy?
1,094 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,162).
How old are Landivy’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Landivy?
57, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Landivy?
INSEE counts 83 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 76 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Landivy?
€23,290 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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