Couples with children: 37%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Parigné-sur-Braye comes in at 1.1%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 15%. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.9% of households have no car. This Mayenne town had 848 residents in 330 households 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 Parigné-sur-Braye
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 3.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 68% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Parigné-sur-Braye ranks below 54% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Parigné-sur-Braye 44. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Parigné-sur-Braye is 44, lower than in half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 figure for single-parent households is 3.1% in Parigné-sur-Braye and 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 96% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Set beside that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 2%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,960 a year in standard of living
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 residents live in households above €26,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 26%
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 retired person: 28% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 7.7% of 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).
Immigrants make up 1.1% in Parigné-sur-Braye, less than in 99% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.7%, 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.
Parigné-sur-Braye sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (58%)
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
The figure for single residents is 18% in Parigné-sur-Braye and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns: 25%
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
On the census count, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 848 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th youngest
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.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Parigné-sur-Braye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Parigné-sur-Braye
What is the population of Parigné-sur-Braye?
848 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (775).
How old are Parigné-sur-Braye’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Parigné-sur-Braye?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Parigné-sur-Braye?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Parigné-sur-Braye?
€26,960 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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