14% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 32%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 3,898 residents and 1,890 households in Mortagne-au-Perche. Here, 27% of households rent social housing (HLM). Higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 19% of households have no car.
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 Mortagne-au-Perche
Many people living alone
51% of Mortagne-au-Perche’s households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 270 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 85% of compared French towns grew faster than Mortagne-au-Perche: −4%
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, −6% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
A median age of 50: Mortagne-au-Perche is older than 83% 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
■ Mortagne-au-Perche 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Mortagne-au-Perche.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Mortagne-au-Perche ranks above 95% of compared French towns on one-person households: 51%
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
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Here 34% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 5.9% of the total.
Half above, half below €23,270 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €23,270 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns. 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 10%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Mortagne-au-Perche.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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.
Locally, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. For comparison, 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.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 97% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, a third of residents 15 and over are single in Mortagne-au-Perche. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Mortagne-au-Perche, 32% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 96% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 23%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,866 to 3,930
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ablis is the youngest (37.9); Belz the oldest (57.7).
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Mortagne-au-Perche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortagne-au-Perche | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 7.3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 10.8 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 14.3 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 17.1 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
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 Mortagne-au-Perche
What is the population of Mortagne-au-Perche?
3,898 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (4,059).
How old are Mortagne-au-Perche’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mortagne-au-Perche?
140, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mortagne-au-Perche?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mortagne-au-Perche?
€23,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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