A higher share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Dehault has 2.9%. At 4.8%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. The town counted 241 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. Empty homes make up about one in 28 here (3.6%).
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 Dehault
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dehault, 20% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dehault had 275 residents at the 2012 census and 241 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dehault ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 20%
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
Turnover: 3.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Dehault changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −11%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 80% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dehault 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Dehault is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% 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 average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,820 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €25,820 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 29% in Dehault, less than in 71% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dehault sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.2%)
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% 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.
In Dehault, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Dehault comes in at 20%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Dehault (18%). Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 241 to 2,582 people, the 12th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Dehault
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dehault | 43.1 | 17% | 20% | 1.2% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 3.9 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 4.8 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 6.8 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 7.2 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Connerré 2,780 · 11.2 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Vibraye 2,523 · 12.9 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 Dehault
What is the population of Dehault?
241 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (275).
How old are Dehault’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dehault?
28, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dehault?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dehault?
€25,820 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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