Below 96% of compared French towns: 2.8% of homes stand empty
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Mulsanne has 5.8%. The 2023 Census counted 5,244 residents in 2,230 households. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of households are one person living alone. Fewer flats than in 90% of compared French towns: 8%.
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.
Mulsanne grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 79% 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
Over those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 73% 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
■ Mulsanne 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.2, Mulsanne is older than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8% locally.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Single-parent households make up 12% in Mulsanne, more than in 71% 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 typical household size is 2.3 people. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here, 27% of households are couples with children.
Only 0.5% of homes are second homes in Mulsanne
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: 6.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 29% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households in social housing: 17% here, more than in 69% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,520 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,520 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 10.0% of residents are below the line.
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, a higher share than 86% 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
Locally, 9.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mulsanne, 3.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
In Mulsanne, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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 Mulsanne. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Mulsanne. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (5,190 to 5,304 people), the 15th oldest
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 34.1 in Brou-sur-Chantereine to 50.8 in Forcalquier.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Mulsanne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulsanne | 46.2 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.6% |
| Teloché 3,067 · 2 mi | 44.2 | 18% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Ruaudin 3,481 · 2.3 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Moncé-en-Belin 3,697 · 2.4 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais 4,252 · 2.9 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Arnage 5,445 · 3.2 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 5.7% |
| Spay 2,808 · 4.7 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 1.8% | 1.9% |
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 Mulsanne
What is the population of Mulsanne?
5,244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (4,610).
How old are Mulsanne’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mulsanne?
12, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mulsanne?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mulsanne?
€25,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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