1.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Laleu, 5.3% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 26%. At 20%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 83% of compared French towns. 362 residents in 170 households: that is Laleu at the 2023 Census.
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 Laleu
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Laleu, 21% of its 230 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Laleu ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 21%
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 share of households in social housing is 8.8%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 16% have stayed 30 years or more. At 6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 70% of compared French towns grew faster than Laleu: ±0%
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%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Half of Laleu is over 47.3, older than 71% 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
■ Laleu 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.1% in Laleu and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Laleu, 14% of households are single parents, more than in 93% 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
The share of couples with children is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household. Fewer one-person households than in 54% of compared French towns: 34%. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€25,580 a year: the median 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,580 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Laleu sits above 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (37%)
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 11% in Laleu and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 2.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Laleu has 1.7%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 84% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Laleu, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 362 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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Laleu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laleu | 47.3 | 26% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 8.3 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 10.2 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 13.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 13.3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 14.9 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 16.2 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
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 Laleu
What is the population of Laleu?
362 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (362).
How old are Laleu’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laleu?
48, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laleu?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laleu?
€25,580 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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