Households without a car: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 1.7%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 9.1% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Le Grais was home to 208 people in 95 households. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in four here (28%).
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 Le Grais
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Grais had 224 residents at the 2012 census and 208 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Le Grais behind 93% 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
Here the change came as −12% to 2017, then +6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 96% 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
■ Le Grais 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 22% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
22% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household. One-person households are rarer here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 13% in Le Grais, more than in 92% 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
6.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Le Grais has fewer households in social housing than 89% of compared French towns, at 4.3%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,200 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,200 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 80% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 33% of households are headed by a retired person. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Grais: 5.3% of residents are foreign nationals, above 59% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. Locally, 6.3% of residents are immigrants. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Married residents: 39% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Le Grais, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Le Grais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Grais | 44 | 22% | 9.1% | 6.3% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 3.6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 7.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 9.5 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 13.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Flers 14,432 · 13.2 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 14.1 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
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 Le Grais
What is the population of Le Grais?
208 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (224).
How old are Le Grais’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Grais?
11, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Grais?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Grais?
€23,200 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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