Flats make up 3.3% in Ceton, less than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households is 4.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.9% in Ceton. 43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,734 residents locally, living in 740 households.
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 Ceton
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ceton, 12% of its 990 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ceton had 1,874 residents at the 2012 census and 1,734 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Ceton’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Ceton has 14%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 15% in the town. Few places have so few households without a car: 10% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
Ceton changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 94% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Orne town −5%.
A median age of 51.2: Ceton is older than 87% 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
■ Ceton 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ceton ranks above 63% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children here. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
At the median, €23,910 a year to live on
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.
At €23,910 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 19% in Ceton, more than in 78% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Ceton comes in at 6.2%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 90% of compared French towns
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 share of foreign nationals is 0.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Ceton
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Ceton sits below 89% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (28%), Ceton is above 87% of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,734 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Ceton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceton | 51.2 | 31% | 12% | 2.2% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 4.1 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 5.1 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 5.5 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 7 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| Vibraye 2,523 · 11.6 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 6.1% | 1.4% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 15.2 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
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 Ceton
What is the population of Ceton?
1,734 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,874).
How old are Ceton’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ceton?
120, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ceton?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ceton?
€23,910 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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