Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 93% of compared French towns: 14%. 3,666 residents in 1,370 households: that is Champagné at the 2023 Census. For Champagné, the census puts couples with children at 32%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
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.
Champagné changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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 Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six −5%.
Younger than 84% of compared French towns: half of Champagné is under 39.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Champagné 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 16%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
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%.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 96% 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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. One in ten households are single parents, or about one in ten.
In Champagné, 8.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 64% 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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing account for 14%.
Median living standard: €25,470 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,470 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 11.0%.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Champagné. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 7.2%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Champagné sits below 92% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.1%)
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.
2.8% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 47% in Champagné, more than in 78% 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 single residents stands at 26%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Champagné sits below 86% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Champagné. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,639 to 3,692 people: this is the 4th 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.
The youngest is Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine (38), the oldest Plestin-les-Grèves (61.5).
Champagné 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagné | 39.1 | 16% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière 2,681 · 2.4 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Yvré-l'Évêque 4,181 · 2.7 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 2.7% |
| Changé 6,911 · 3.3 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans 3,851 · 4.1 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 1% | 3% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 4.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.4% | 1% |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 · 4.2 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
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 Champagné
What is the population of Champagné?
3,666 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (3,819).
How old are Champagné’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champagné?
25, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champagné?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champagné?
€25,470 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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