Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs is younger than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 32
Households headed by a retired person: 17%, below 98% of compared French towns. Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs counted 75 residents and 29 households at the 2023 Census. 6.8% of homes are flats.
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 Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs, 14% of its 42 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs’ residents are under 32 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 16%
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
In Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs, 14% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 53% 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
The median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 18% in Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs, less than in 79% 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
■ Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs 32. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs has 12%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs has 33%. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 33%
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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 17%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs sits above 60% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (5.4%)
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 higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. For Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs, the census puts immigrants at 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 35% of residents 15 and over are married
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs sits below 81% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 33% in Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 75 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs (32), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs | 32 | 18% | 14% | 6.8% |
| Sées 4,168 · 5.7 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 12.4 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 14.9 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 15.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 16.8 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 17.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs
What is the population of Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs?
75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (72).
How old are Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs’ residents?
The median age is 32, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs?
6, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Léonard-des-Parcs?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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