A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
4.3% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 94% of compared French towns: 7.8%. The 2023 Census counted 383 residents in 180 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 4.5% in Saint-Poix.
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 Saint-Poix
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 85% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 75% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Poix 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Poix’s residents are under 41.5, younger than in 69% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
2.8% of households are single parents, below 99% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 39%, more than in 65% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
11% of homes stand empty, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. Households without a car are rarer here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Across Saint-Poix, 3.3% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,510 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Poix is €23,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Saint-Poix ranks above 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 19%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Saint-Poix. Set beside that, 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 72% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 3.1% in Saint-Poix and 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.
Saint-Poix: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 84% 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 nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 79% 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
Here 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 383 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Saint-Poix are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Poix | 41.5 | 18% | 3.3% | 4.2% |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 3,174 · 6.2 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Argentré-du-Plessis 4,633 · 7.7 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Loiron-Ruillé 2,758 · 8.2 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne 4,554 · 8.8 mi | 49.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Craon 4,431 · 9.2 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Étrelles 2,703 · 9.8 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
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 Saint-Poix
What is the population of Saint-Poix?
383 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (399).
How old are Saint-Poix’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Poix?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Poix?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Poix?
€23,510 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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