Above 99% of compared French towns: 41% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Peuton has 1%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. This Mayenne town counted 222 residents and 87 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 2.4% here.
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 Peuton
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Peuton’s residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 9.3% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 75% 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%.
Half of Peuton is under 36.5, younger than 93% 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
■ Peuton 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 9.3% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 29%, a lower share than 79% of compared French towns
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Peuton sits above 89% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes stands at 6.6%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,730 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 Peuton’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Peuton sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (29%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Peuton, 29%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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%; Peuton has 0.5%. The median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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, 46% of residents 15 and over are married in Peuton. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Peuton, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
35% of Peuton’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 12% have no diploma (19%).
The youngest of 41 French towns of 222 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 36.5 in Peuton to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Peuton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peuton | 36.5 | 9.3% | 6.6% | 0.5% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 5.8 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Craon 4,431 · 6.6 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 6.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 9.7 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Renazé 2,504 · 12.6 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Berthevin 7,479 · 12.6 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.4% |
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 Peuton
What is the population of Peuton?
222 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (225).
How old are Peuton’s residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 9.3% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Peuton?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Peuton?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Peuton?
€26,730 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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