Livet: 38% of households are couples with children, above 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Livet, 3% of households have no car. The town is home to 191 residents in 71 households, by the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, below 89% 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 Livet
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Livet had 148 residents at the 2012 census and 191 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Livet has grown +29%, faster than 96% 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 +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +21%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
In Livet, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 77% 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
■ Livet 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Livet’s residents are under 41.5, younger than in 69% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 23% of households are one person living alone in Livet
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
7.7% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Households average 2.7 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 9.9%, a higher share than 79% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.9% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,700 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 €24,700 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 23% in Livet, less than in 89% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Livet comes in at 23%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% 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, below 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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Livet has 2.2%. The median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. By way of 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.
In Livet, 60% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Livet. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Livet
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Livet comes in at 24%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Livet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livet | 41.5 | 18% | 4.9% | 2.2% |
| Évron 8,252 · 3.7 mi | 50 | 29% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 4.8 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 2% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 8.4 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 11.2 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Louverné 4,344 · 11.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 12 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
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 Livet
What is the population of Livet?
191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (148).
How old are Livet’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Livet?
4, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Livet?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Livet?
€24,700 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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