3.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (27%), Pacé is above 98% of compared French towns. Census figures put flats at 5.2% here. Few places have as many households in social housing: 17% here, more than in 70% of compared French towns. This Orne town counted 404 residents and 170 households 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 Pacé
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +11% change since 2012: faster than 73% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Orne town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 74% 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
■ Pacé 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 12% of residents are 15 to 24 here. With a median age of 43.2, Pacé is younger than 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Pacé, more than in 88% 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. What’s more, by its share of single-parent households (8.8%), Pacé is below 70% of compared French towns.
Second homes make up 4.8% in Pacé, more than in 76% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.8% of homes stand empty here. In the last two years, 5.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€25,680 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,680 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 77% 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
The census found that nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in Pacé. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Pacé ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Across Pacé, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Pacé sits below 78% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Pacé, less 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
Here just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Pacé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacé | 43.2 | 18% | 4.8% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 3.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 4.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 11.5 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 13.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 14.7 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
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 Pacé
What is the population of Pacé?
404 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (363).
How old are Pacé’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pacé?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pacé?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pacé?
€25,680 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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