3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
Flats: 10% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, half of Loué’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns. This Sarthe town counted 2,156 residents and 1,020 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in five here (19%).
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.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 75% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Sarthe.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loué 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Loué. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Loué sits above 85% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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
38% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Loué: 9.7% of homes stand empty, above 78% 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
One household in seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In Loué, 15% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 64% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€23,680 a year: the median 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.
The median standard of living in Loué is €23,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 13.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 25% in Loué, more than in 96% 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
38% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns, at 3.7%
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 foreign nationals is 3.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Loué sits below 78% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
In Loué, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification here. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,156 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Loué
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loué | 48.5 | 28% | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 9.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 4,693 · 11.3 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 2,514 · 12.3 mi | 50.6 | 24% | 4.8% | 1.7% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 13.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 14.1 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Allonnes 10,739 · 14.6 mi | 44.7 | 26% | 1.2% | 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 Loué
What is the population of Loué?
2,156 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,184).
How old are Loué’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loué?
45, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loué?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 71 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loué?
€23,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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