A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Maresché has 2.7%. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Its 380 households held 876 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7.2% of households have no car.
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 Maresché
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 1.3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Maresché changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 81% 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, −1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Younger than 83% of compared French towns: half of Maresché is under 39.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maresché 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4%, below 75% of compared French towns. Here, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Maresché: 35% of households are couples with children, above 92% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. 1.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 3.1% of its 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
Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In Maresché, 7.4% of homes stand empty.
€24,910 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 Maresché is €24,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 2.7% of Maresché’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 40% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, below 99% of compared French towns
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Maresché. 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.
Single residents make up 18% in Maresché, less than in 97% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Maresché. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Maresché, 24%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 876 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Maresché
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maresché | 39.2 | 20% | 3.1% | 0.9% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 6 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 8 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 10.4 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 10.6 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 11.6 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.4% | 1% |
| Sargé-lès-le-Mans 3,851 · 13.1 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 1% | 3% |
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 Maresché
What is the population of Maresché?
876 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (903).
How old are Maresché’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maresché?
13, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maresché?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maresché?
€24,910 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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