Crulai sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.7%)
In Crulai, 2% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. The town counted 797 residents and 360 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
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 Crulai
Fewer residents than in 2012
Crulai had 944 residents at the 2012 census and 797 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−16% since 2012: slower than 99% 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%. The change was −9% from 2012 to 2017 and −7% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Crulai is over 49.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Crulai 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Crulai and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 84% of compared French towns: 28%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. With couples with children at 26%, Crulai is ahead of 53% of compared French towns on that count.
9.9% of homes in Crulai are second homes
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: 7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. Higher than in 69% of compared French towns: 8.6% of homes stand empty. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,920 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 median standard of living in Crulai is €25,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns: 18%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 8.2% in Crulai and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 36%. Typically, 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).
Immigrants: 1.4%, a lower share than 97% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Crulai. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 797 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Crulai, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crulai | 49.1 | 24% | 9.9% | 1.4% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 4.5 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 6.8 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 11.9 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 12.4 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 12.6 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 13.6 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
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 Crulai
What is the population of Crulai?
797 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (944).
How old are Crulai’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crulai?
44, with occasional dwellings: 9.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crulai?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crulai?
€25,920 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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