1.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Tassé, 2.7%. At the 2023 Census Tassé was home to 287 people in 120 households. Households headed by a retired person: just over a tenth of the total. One-person households are rarer here than in 64% of compared French towns.
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 Tassé
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tassé, 11% of its 140 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tassé had 313 residents at the 2012 census and 287 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Tassé’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes make up 6.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Tassé behind 95% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Tassé is younger than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tassé 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 15% in Tassé and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Tassé: 34% of households are couples with children, above 91% 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
Single-parent households: 4.2% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Households average 2.5 people.
The median resident lives on €26,050 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 €26,050 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.3% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Tassé. Against that, 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single residents: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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 Tassé, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 287 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Tassé is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tassé | 38.6 | 15% | 11% | 0.3% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 2.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 4,693 · 7.8 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 9.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 2,514 · 9.6 mi | 50.6 | 24% | 4.8% | 1.7% |
| Cérans-Foulletourte 3,341 · 11 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.8% | 1.4% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 12.1 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
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 Tassé
What is the population of Tassé?
287 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (313).
How old are Tassé’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tassé?
15, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tassé?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tassé?
€26,050 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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