Couples with children: 43%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
14% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Thoiré-sous-Contensor has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 83% of compared French towns, at 13%. Households without a car make up about one in 12 here (8.1%).
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 Thoiré-sous-Contensor
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Thoiré-sous-Contensor, 20% of its 60 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Thoiré-sous-Contensor’s residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 9.5% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Thoiré-sous-Contensor comes in at 8.4%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 2.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Thoiré-sous-Contensor grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 66% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Sarthe town, the change came in two steps: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then +21% to 2023.
Half of Thoiré-sous-Contensor is under 36.5, younger than 93% 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
■ Thoiré-sous-Contensor 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.5% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Households average 2.6 people. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 43%, a higher share than 99% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Thoiré-sous-Contensor.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Thoiré-sous-Contensor, less than in 90% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Thoiré-sous-Contensor comes in at 1.1%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% 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 make up 39% in Thoiré-sous-Contensor, less than in 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Thoiré-sous-Contensor, 24%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 14% in Thoiré-sous-Contensor, less than in 98% 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 Thoiré-sous-Contensor, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 111 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.
Thoiré-sous-Contensor is the youngest (36.5); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Thoiré-sous-Contensor
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thoiré-sous-Contensor | 36.5 | 9.5% | 20% | 2.1% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 6.3 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 8.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 9.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 9.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 13.9 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 14.9 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
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 Thoiré-sous-Contensor
What is the population of Thoiré-sous-Contensor?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (102).
How old are Thoiré-sous-Contensor’s residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 9.5% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thoiré-sous-Contensor?
12, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thoiré-sous-Contensor?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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