Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Crissé has 2.7%. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of households are one person living alone. At 24%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Its 230 households held 534 residents at 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 Crissé
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.2% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Crissé had 567 residents at the 2012 census and 534 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 90% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%. The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −9%.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 80% 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
■ Crissé 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.6, Crissé is younger than just over three fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are couples with children, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 2.3 people. 6.2% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 95% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
Empty homes make up 13% in Crissé, more than in 92% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Crissé, the census puts second homes at 6.4%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,610 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 €25,610 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 26% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7.5%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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 97% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 0.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 74% of compared French towns: 39%
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 single residents (23%), Crissé is below three quarters of compared French towns. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Crissé, less than in 87% 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 make up 18%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 534 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Crissé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crissé | 42.6 | 17% | 6.4% | 1.4% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 9.9 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 11 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 11.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 12.8 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 15.7 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Coulaines 8,121 · 15.9 mi | 40.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 12% |
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 Crissé
What is the population of Crissé?
534 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (567).
How old are Crissé’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crissé?
18, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crissé?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crissé?
€25,610 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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