A median age of 54.6: Le Mage is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Le Mage’s 120 households held 231 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 17% of households are couples with children. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Le Mage has 4.2%.
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 Mage
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Mage, 39% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Mage’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Mage had 250 residents at the 2012 census and 231 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
39% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Le Mage has 1.8%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.2% of homes stand empty in the town.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Mage: −8%
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%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of compared French towns: 31%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Mage 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
44% of households are one person living alone, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Average household size: 2 people. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 7.4% of households are single parents. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,980 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 median standard of living in Le Mage is €24,980 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
In Le Mage, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Le Mage, 8.1%. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Le Mage, 2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 39%, a lower share than 74% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Le Mage, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 61% 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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (231 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Le Mage: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mage | 54.6 | 31% | 39% | 2.1% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 2.4 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 9.8 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 10 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 11.1 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 11.6 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 13.1 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
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 Mage
What is the population of Le Mage?
231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (250).
How old are Le Mage’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Mage?
80, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Mage?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Mage?
€24,980 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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