One-person households make up 21% in Colombiers, less than in 99% of compared French towns
3.5% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Few places have so few households without a car: 4.9% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. Colombiers is home to 336 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. For Colombiers, the census puts second homes at 4.7%.
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 Colombiers
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 80% 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%.
Only 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Colombiers
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Colombiers 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Colombiers, 27% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, the median age here is 48.6, higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 3.6%, a lower share than 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Higher than in 87% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 36%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,370 a year per consumption unit
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 Colombiers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,370 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Colombiers has 14%. By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.2% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Colombiers ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.2%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Colombiers has 0.3%. The usual figure: 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.
In Colombiers, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
In Colombiers, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 57% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Colombiers has fewer adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns, at 18%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 336 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Older than Colombiers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombiers | 48.6 | 27% | 4.7% | 1.2% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 3.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 4 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Sées 4,168 · 10.5 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 13.2 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 16.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 17.9 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
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 Colombiers
What is the population of Colombiers?
336 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (345).
How old are Colombiers’ residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colombiers?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colombiers?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Colombiers?
€26,370 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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