A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Thorée-les-Pins has 1.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 310 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 744 residents. Here, 5% 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 Thorée-les-Pins
Empty homes
The census found 46 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +5% change since 2012: slower than 51% 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 +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Half of Thorée-les-Pins is under 39.3, younger than 83% 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
■ Thorée-les-Pins 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 19% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Locally, 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Thorée-les-Pins
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, 9.7% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
The figure for second homes is 6.8% in Thorée-les-Pins and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 7.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,570 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,570 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 37%, above 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.5%
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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: 20%, a lower share than 89% 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 census found that 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Thorée-les-Pins. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Thorée-les-Pins sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
With adults with no qualification at 24%, Thorée-les-Pins is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 744 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.
Every neighbor is older than Thorée-les-Pins
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorée-les-Pins | 39.3 | 19% | 6.8% | 1.5% |
| La Flèche 14,947 · 5.5 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 2.4% | 2.9% |
| Le Lude 3,983 · 5.9 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Cérans-Foulletourte 3,341 · 10.5 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.8% | 1.4% |
| Baugé-en-Anjou 11,712 · 10.8 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 7.6% | 2.6% |
| Noyant-Villages 5,448 · 12 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 12% | 5% |
| Mayet 3,187 · 12.4 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 6.6% | 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 Thorée-les-Pins
What is the population of Thorée-les-Pins?
744 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (711).
How old are Thorée-les-Pins’ residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thorée-les-Pins?
26, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thorée-les-Pins?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thorée-les-Pins?
€24,570 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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