Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.3%), Lesbois is below 96% of compared French towns. Here, 3.6% of homes are flats. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 41% of households are headed by a retired person. The town’s 90 households held 179 residents at 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 Lesbois
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lesbois, 20% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lesbois had 198 residents at the 2012 census and 179 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Lesbois’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lesbois sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (20%)
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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Lesbois has 7.8%. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Lesbois, the census puts empty homes at 15%.
Lesbois changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 97% 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%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023.
Lesbois is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lesbois 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5.9% in Lesbois, less than in 96% 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
Households here average 2 people each. 24% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
The median resident lives on €24,470 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €24,470 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (18%), Lesbois is above 73% of compared French towns. For comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Above 61% of compared French towns: 5.6% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. 7.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (179 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
Older than Lesbois: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesbois | 51.6 | 27% | 20% | 7.3% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 8.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 11.7 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 12.3 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 12.8 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 13.9 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 15.1 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
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 Lesbois
What is the population of Lesbois?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (198).
How old are Lesbois’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lesbois?
27, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lesbois?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lesbois?
€24,470 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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