Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
The median age in Champfleur is 50.5, higher than in 85% of compared French towns. In Champfleur, 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). This Sarthe town is home to 1,282 residents in 530 households, by the 2023 Census. 5.5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French 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 Champfleur
Fewer residents than in 2012
Champfleur had 1,407 residents at the 2012 census and 1,282 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Champfleur, less than in 92% 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
■ Champfleur 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of Champfleur’s residents are 65 or older, against 26% in the median Sarthe town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Champfleur
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
Single-parent households make up 6.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children come to 30% in Champfleur, about three in ten. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 1% of homes are second homes
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
Empty homes make up 5.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 8.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 27% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Median standard of living: €25,700 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.
At €25,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Champfleur: 42% of households are headed by a retired person, above 87% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (18%), Champfleur is above three quarters of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 89% of compared French towns: 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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 share of immigrants trails 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of married residents (50%), Champfleur is above 91% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification in Champfleur. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,282 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Champfleur sits below 4 of its 5 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champfleur | 50.5 | 29% | 1% | 2.9% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 3.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 3.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 7.5 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 11.4 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 15.3 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
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 Champfleur
What is the population of Champfleur?
1,282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,407).
How old are Champfleur’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Champfleur?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Champfleur?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Champfleur?
€25,700 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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