Flats: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
4.3% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Fewer one-person households than in 89% of compared French towns: 27%. The 2023 Census put Suré’s population at 277, in 120 households. Locally, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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 Suré
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Suré, 16% of its 160 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 16%, a higher share than 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For Suré, the census puts empty homes at 5.3%.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Suré ahead of 54% 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
In two steps, +7% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Suré 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 49.2, Suré is older than four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Suré, more than in 72% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,620 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.
Living standards centre on €25,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 8.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Suré, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
In Suré, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Suré sits below 89% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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 adults with no qualification tops 63% of compared French towns: 21%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 277 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Suré, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suré | 49.2 | 22% | 16% | 1.4% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 1.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 12.5 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 13.2 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 14.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 15.1 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 15.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
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 Suré
What is the population of Suré?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (262).
How old are Suré’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Suré?
26, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Suré?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Suré?
€25,620 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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