Half of Madré is over 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns
Here 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Flats: 1.5% of the total. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 280 residents in 140 households.
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 Madré
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Madré, 34% of its 260 homes: higher than in 95% 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
Madré had 347 residents at the 2012 census and 280 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Madré’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 34% of homes are second homes
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
4.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 26% have been in their home 30 years or more. On households without a car, Madré sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 5.6%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The figure for empty homes is 10% in Madré and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −19% since 2012 leaves Madré 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Mayenne town, the change came in two steps: −16% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 5.4% 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
■ Madré 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Madré. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Madré ranks below 84% of compared French towns on couples with children: 17%
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 average household has 1.9 people. Higher than in 62% of compared French towns: 38% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
Standard of living at the median: €25,520 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 €25,520 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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 retired person (38%), Madré is above 77% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
8.9% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Madré, 10%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Madré, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
Here 46% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Madré, less 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 76% of compared French towns: 25%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Madré is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madré | 54.8 | 31% | 34% | 10% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 5.2 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 6.2 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 8.3 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 9.8 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 12.4 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 14.7 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
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 Madré
What is the population of Madré?
280 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (347).
How old are Madré’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Madré?
89, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Madré?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Madré?
€25,520 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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