A median age of 51.7: Avoine is older than 88% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Avoine, 4.5% of households are single parents. Census day 2023: 219 residents and 110 households here. Flats make up 5.3%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Avoine
Fewer residents than in 2012
Avoine had 238 residents at the 2012 census and 219 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Avoine’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 95% 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 Orne town −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% in Avoine, less than in 94% 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
■ Avoine 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Avoine has 26%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Avoine sits below 81% of compared French towns for couples with children (18%)
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Households average 2 people. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
3.7% of households have no car, 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
One in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. For Avoine, the census puts second homes at 9%.
Half above, half below €25,260 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,260 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Avoine comes in at 36%. Across the comparison, 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 2.3% of residents are immigrants in Avoine
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Avoine comes in at 1.4%. That is lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Avoine, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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
With married residents at 45%, Avoine is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Avoine has more adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns, at 20%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 219 to 2,582 people, the 10th oldest
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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Avoine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoine | 51.7 | 26% | 9% | 2.3% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 6 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 11.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 13.3 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 13.3 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 15.9 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 16.9 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
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 Avoine
What is the population of Avoine?
219 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (238).
How old are Avoine’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avoine?
12, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avoine?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avoine?
€25,260 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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