Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Levaré, 2.3%. At the 2023 Census Levaré was home to 269 people in 130 households. Locally, two in five households are headed by a manual worker. With a median age of 49.6, Levaré is older than just over four fifths 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 Levaré
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Levaré, 13% of its 180 homes: higher than in 90% 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
Levaré had 325 residents at the 2012 census and 269 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 16%, 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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Levaré sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 13%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A change of −17% since 2012 leaves Levaré behind 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Mayenne town ±0%. The first five years brought −11%; the six to 2023, −7%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Levaré 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Levaré, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4% of households are single parents
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 a third of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children.
Standard of living at the median: €25,530 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 Levaré’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 24%, a lower share than 86% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
Levaré ranks above 82% of compared French towns on immigrants: 13%
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.
Just over one in ten residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
In Levaré, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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%; Levaré has 20%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Levaré, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, 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.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 269 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Levaré, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levaré | 49.6 | 23% | 13% | 13% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 8.3 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 10.7 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 13.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Fougères 20,307 · 13.7 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 2% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 14 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 14.2 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
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 Levaré
What is the population of Levaré?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (325).
How old are Levaré’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Levaré?
23, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Levaré?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Levaré?
€25,530 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.