Younger than 95% of compared French towns: half of Louailles is under 35.8
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Louailles comes in at 3.4%. At the 2023 Census, 691 people lived here, in 260 households. In Louailles, 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer flats than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%.
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 Louailles
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Louailles’ residents are under 35.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Louailles had 748 residents at the 2012 census and 691 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Louailles changed by −8% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Sarthe.
In Louailles, 12% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Louailles 35.8. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% 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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Louailles. The share of single-parent households stands at 12%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Louailles, 0.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Here 5.6% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. On second homes, Louailles sits lower than 81% of compared French towns: 1%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 7.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
A median of €25,990 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,990 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 42% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 21%, below 94% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.3% of residents are immigrants in Louailles
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Louailles has 0.3%. 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 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
In Louailles, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 691 to 2,582 people
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 35.8 in Louailles to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Louailles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louailles | 35.8 | 12% | 1% | 1.3% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 3.9 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 5.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Durtal 3,386 · 7.9 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 3,687 · 8.4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 8.6% | 2% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 8.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| La Flèche 14,947 · 10 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 Louailles
What is the population of Louailles?
691 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (748).
How old are Louailles’ residents?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louailles?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louailles?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louailles?
€25,990 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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