Households in social housing make up 0.3% in Avezé, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 9.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.9% of households have no car in Avezé. On households headed by a manual worker, Avezé sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 22%. Census day 2023: 690 residents and 300 households in the town.
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 Avezé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Avezé had 750 residents at the 2012 census and 690 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 95% of compared French towns: Avezé changed by −8% since 2012
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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
A median age of 46.6: Avezé is older than 67% 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
■ Avezé 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Avezé. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
In Avezé, 5.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% 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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children here. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households come to 28% in Avezé, about three in ten.
2.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
4.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 8.3%, the share of empty homes is higher than in two thirds of compared French towns.
A median of €25,880 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,880 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 70% 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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% 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).
Below 85% of compared French towns: 2.6% of residents are immigrants
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 Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 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
The share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 59% 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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Avezé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avezé | 46.6 | 22% | 9.2% | 2.6% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 3.1 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 3.2 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 3.5 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 9 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 11.8 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Vibraye 2,523 · 12.1 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 6.1% | 1.4% |
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 Avezé
What is the population of Avezé?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (750).
How old are Avezé’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avezé?
33, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avezé?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avezé?
€25,880 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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