38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Trangé comes in at 3.4%. Locally, 3% of households have no car. This Sarthe town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 87% of compared French towns, at 16%. Census day 2023: 1,637 residents and 640 households here.
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 Trangé
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Trangé had 1,356 residents at the 2012 census and 1,637 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Trangé has grown +21%, faster than 91% 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
The median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +16%.
A median age of 40.3: Trangé is younger than 77% 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
■ Trangé 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Trangé has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Trangé. Average household size: 2.6 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.1% of homes are flats
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
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 4.9% in Trangé. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%. The share of second homes stands at 2.1%.
Median living standard: €30,000 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 median standard of living in Trangé is €30,000 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Trangé: 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 73% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Trangé. Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Typically, 9.4% of 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).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 88% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1%), Trangé is below 94% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 53%
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: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
9.3% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Trangé has 41%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,637 to 2,582 people, the 4th youngest
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.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Trangé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trangé | 40.3 | 16% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 2.8 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin 2,774 · 3.3 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Coulaines 8,121 · 4.4 mi | 40.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 12% |
| Le Mans 146,249 · 4.7 mi | 40.4 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Allonnes 10,739 · 4.8 mi | 44.7 | 26% | 1.2% | 12% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 5.2 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 Trangé
What is the population of Trangé?
1,637 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (1,356).
How old are Trangé’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Trangé?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Trangé?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Trangé?
€30,000 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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