Couples with children: 38%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Le Buret, 27%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 315, in 130 households. Locally, 3% of homes stand empty. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 95% 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 Le Buret
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Buret changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 59% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Half of Le Buret is under 40.3, younger than 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
■ Le Buret 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as 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%.
Only 7.7% of households are single parents in Le Buret
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
The figure for one-person households is 31% in Le Buret and 35% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
1.6% of households have no car, below 99% 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
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 1.5% in Le Buret. The census found that nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) here. Higher than in 69% of compared French towns: 3.7% of homes are second homes. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,410 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,410 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a retired person, below 96% 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 manager or professional is 3.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Le Buret, 1.6%. The median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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.
Le Buret: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 95% 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, the share of single residents is 25%; Le Buret has 23%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Le Buret. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (315 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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).
Le Buret is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Buret | 40.3 | 14% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 3 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 10 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 11.4 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 12.9 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 13.8 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 13.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
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 Le Buret
What is the population of Le Buret?
315 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (307).
How old are Le Buret’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Buret?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Buret?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Buret?
€25,410 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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