Prée-d'Anjou is younger than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 36
The figure for households without a car is 2.4% in Prée-d'Anjou and 11% in the typical compared French town. 2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 34. On flats, Prée-d'Anjou sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 3.7%. At the 2023 Census, 1,381 people lived locally, in 530 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 Prée-d'Anjou
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 9.4% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Prée-d'Anjou’s residents are under 36 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Prée-d'Anjou behind 81% 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
The median Mayenne town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 11% in Prée-d'Anjou, less than in 99% 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
■ Prée-d'Anjou 36. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Prée-d'Anjou sits above 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are one person living alone here. On average, 2.6 people share a household. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.4% here, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Only 3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Prée-d'Anjou
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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Few places have as many second homes: 3.5% here, more than in 67% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€24,910 a year: the median 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 Prée-d'Anjou’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 31% in Prée-d'Anjou, more than in 99% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Prée-d'Anjou. 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).
Only 0.7% of residents are immigrants in Prée-d'Anjou
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 median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Prée-d'Anjou: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 89% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 86% 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
Just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,381 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.
Prée-d'Anjou is the youngest (36); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Prée-d'Anjou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prée-d'Anjou | 36 | 11% | 3.5% | 0.7% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 5.4 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| Craon 4,431 · 6.1 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 9.1 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Segré-en-Anjou Bleu 17,667 · 9.4 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Renazé 2,504 · 11 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| L'Huisserie 4,672 · 13.8 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
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 Prée-d'Anjou
What is the population of Prée-d'Anjou?
1,381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,423).
How old are Prée-d'Anjou’s residents?
The median age is 36, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Prée-d'Anjou?
20, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Prée-d'Anjou?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Prée-d'Anjou?
€24,910 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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