Flats make up 0.6% in Avoise, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are headed by a retired person in Avoise. Census day 2023: 594 residents and 270 households locally. 2.6% of households have no car, or about one in 38. On residents aged 65 and over, Avoise sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 17%.
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 Avoise
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Avoise, 11% of its 350 homes: higher than in 89% 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.
Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Avoise comes in at 11%. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Here, 10% of homes stand empty.
A +5% change since 2012: slower than 51% 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, +8% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Sarthe.
Avoise is younger than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avoise 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Avoise (11%).
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 81% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. At 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are couples with children here.
Median standard of living: €24,350 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,350 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7%, Avoise is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 2.1% 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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% 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.
Fewer married residents than 79% of compared French towns: 38%
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
24% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 75% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Avoise comes in at 17%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 594 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
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).
Avoise 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoise | 42.4 | 17% | 11% | 2.1% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 4.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 6.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 8.9 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 4,693 · 10.7 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 2,514 · 12.5 mi | 50.6 | 24% | 4.8% | 1.7% |
| La Flèche 14,947 · 12.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 2.4% | 2.9% |
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 Avoise
What is the population of Avoise?
594 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (568).
How old are Avoise’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avoise?
40, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avoise?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avoise?
€24,350 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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