Households without a car: 2.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
19% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. La Roche-Mabile counted 164 residents and 75 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.7%. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 25% here, fewer than in 83% 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.
What stands out about the people of La Roche-Mabile
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Roche-Mabile, 13% of its 100 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.9% of homes are flats
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
The figure for second homes is 13% in La Roche-Mabile and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 12%.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves La Roche-Mabile behind 72% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Orne town, the change came in two steps: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
La Roche-Mabile is younger than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Roche-Mabile 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In La Roche-Mabile, 20% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 81% of compared French towns, at 31%
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 average 2.2 people. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,930 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.
At €26,930 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, La Roche-Mabile has 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).
0.6% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.6% in La Roche-Mabile. Set beside that, 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.
Married residents: 30%, a lower share than 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, La Roche-Mabile has 23%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 9.5% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 164 to 2,582 people
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.
La Roche-Mabile is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-Mabile | 40.3 | 20% | 13% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 7.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Sées 4,168 · 13.1 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 14.5 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 15.4 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 15.6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
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 La Roche-Mabile
What is the population of La Roche-Mabile?
164 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (165).
How old are La Roche-Mabile’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Roche-Mabile?
13, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Roche-Mabile?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Roche-Mabile?
€26,930 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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