0.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 1.7% in Cuissai. This Orne town had 436 residents in 180 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put single-parent households at 2.8% locally. At 19%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
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.
Slower than most: +3% since 2012, behind 58% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
Cuissai is older than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cuissai 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: 21% of the total.
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%.
In Cuissai, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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
By its share of couples with children (30%), Cuissai is above just over three quarters of compared French towns. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
In Cuissai, 6.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 81% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.5% (under two years).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,900 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 60% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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 median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Here, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Cuissai, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Cuissai has 36%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 436 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).
4 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cuissai
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuissai | 48.5 | 21% | 6.3% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 4.3 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Sées 4,168 · 11.9 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 13.1 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 16.1 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 Cuissai
What is the population of Cuissai?
436 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (424).
How old are Cuissai’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuissai?
13, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuissai?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuissai?
€26,900 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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