Photo: Symac · CC BY-SA 3.0Loiron-Ruillé ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
4.1% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The 2023 Census counted 2,758 residents in 1,090 households. Here, 3.4% of households have no car. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Loiron-Ruillé
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Loiron-Ruillé’s residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +13% since 2012 puts Loiron-Ruillé ahead of 77% 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
Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Mayenne.
Loiron-Ruillé is younger than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loiron-Ruillé 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents are 65 or over in Loiron-Ruillé. The census found that one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 23%
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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. 6.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns.
Loiron-Ruillé sits below 71% of compared French towns for empty homes (5.2%)
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 last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Loiron-Ruillé sits close to the norm on second homes: 1.8%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,550 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 €26,550 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns. 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Loiron-Ruillé ranks above 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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
With households headed by a retired person at 28%, Loiron-Ruillé is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across Loiron-Ruillé, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Loiron-Ruillé, 1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Loiron-Ruillé. The usual figure: 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, just over half of residents 15 and over are married in Loiron-Ruillé. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 59% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 2,733 to 2,784 people
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 Trieux (37.7), the youngest, and Collioure (60.8), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Loiron-Ruillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loiron-Ruillé | 37.7 | 16% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Berthevin 7,479 · 5.2 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.4% |
| Changé 6,502 · 7.6 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Laval 49,400 · 7.8 mi | 40.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 8.2 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 8.3 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Argentré-du-Plessis 4,633 · 9.6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 2% |
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 Loiron-Ruillé
What is the population of Loiron-Ruillé?
2,758 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (2,442).
How old are Loiron-Ruillé’s residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loiron-Ruillé?
21, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loiron-Ruillé?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loiron-Ruillé?
€26,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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