0.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
The figure for single-parent households is 4.6% in Ravigny and 10% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 27% here, more than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 232 residents in 110 households. 6% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Ravigny
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ravigny, 12% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ravigny sits above 90% of compared French towns for second 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
In the last two years, 6.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The figure for households without a car is 5.6% in Ravigny and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Ravigny has changed by +5%, slower than 51% 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
Ravigny sits above 72% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ravigny 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Ravigny’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 52% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 32%, a lower share than 65% 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
27% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
€25,070 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,070 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Ravigny ranks above 86% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 41%
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
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ravigny sits below 90% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.1%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Ravigny has 2.5%. The median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. On average, 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 99% of compared French towns: 11% 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
Married residents make up 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Ravigny comes in at 23%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 232 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Ravigny: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravigny | 44.4 | 26% | 12% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 6.3 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 7.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 12.2 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 12.6 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 15.5 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 17 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
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 Ravigny
What is the population of Ravigny?
232 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (222).
How old are Ravigny’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ravigny?
17, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ravigny?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ravigny?
€25,070 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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