A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%
Households headed by a manual worker make up 27%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 785 people lived in Rouessé-Vassé, in 350 households. Across Rouessé-Vassé, 11% of homes stand empty.
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.
Since 2012, Rouessé-Vassé has changed by −2%, slower than 78% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Rouessé-Vassé is over 48.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouessé-Vassé 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 25% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. For Rouessé-Vassé, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
In Rouessé-Vassé, 13% of households are single parents, more than in 86% 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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 29% here, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Rouessé-Vassé, 26%.
7.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 83% 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
Some 7.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 18% who have been there 30 years or more. At 7.1%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 76% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,740 a year
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 €23,740 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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: a third of the total. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3%, a lower share than 82% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Rouessé-Vassé has 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 just over four fifths 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.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 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
The share of single residents trails 65% of compared French towns: 24%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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, just over a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification here. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 785 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).
Older than Rouessé-Vassé: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouessé-Vassé | 48.6 | 25% | 7.2% | 3% |
| Évron 8,252 · 9.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 13.5 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 15 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 16.5 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 16.7 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 5% | 2% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 16.8 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
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 Rouessé-Vassé
What is the population of Rouessé-Vassé?
785 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (802).
How old are Rouessé-Vassé’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouessé-Vassé?
30, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouessé-Vassé?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouessé-Vassé?
€23,740 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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