Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0More households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 41%
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 3.4% in Allonnes. Flats account for 56%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 13%, more than in 85% of compared French towns. This Sarthe town is home to 10,739 residents in 4,660 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Allonnes
Social housing
41% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 11% rent privately and 47% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Allonnes changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 82% 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 those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Allonnes ranks above 71% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Allonnes 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Half of Allonnes’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 42%, more than in 77% of compared French towns.
26% of households have no car, a share 92% 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
At 1.2%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in 52% of compared French towns: 6.5%. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,890 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 Allonnes is €20,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 27.0%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker here. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
12% of residents are immigrants, more than in 78% 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.
With foreign nationals at 9.3%, Allonnes is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Allonnes ranks above 80% of compared French towns on single residents: 30%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Allonnes. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Adults with no qualification: 36%, above 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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 33.7 in Chanteloup-les-Vignes to 61.4 in Dinard.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Allonnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Allonnes
What is the population of Allonnes?
10,739 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (11,097).
How old are Allonnes’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Allonnes?
60, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Allonnes?
INSEE counts 1,300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 1,000 foreign nationals (9.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Allonnes?
€20,890 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 27.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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