Vallon-sur-Gée ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.7%
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Vallon-sur-Gée. At the 2023 Census, 774 people lived locally, in 300 households. The share of households in social housing stands at 6%. Second homes are more common here than in 77% 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 Vallon-sur-Gée
Empty homes
The census found 42 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 change of −3% since 2012 leaves Vallon-sur-Gée behind 81% 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
Over those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 42.4: Vallon-sur-Gée is younger than 63% 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
■ Vallon-sur-Gée 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%), Vallon-sur-Gée is below 74% of compared French towns. Roughly two in ten: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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
In Vallon-sur-Gée, 30% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns.
Vallon-sur-Gée: 12% of homes stand empty, above 87% 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
In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 6.3% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,250 a year to live on
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 €24,250 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Vallon-sur-Gée has 27%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 92% 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.
The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 77. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 92% 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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
With adults with no qualification at 28%, Vallon-sur-Gée is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 774 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Vallon-sur-Gée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallon-sur-Gée | 42.4 | 22% | 5% | 1.9% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 6.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 4,693 · 7 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 2,514 · 7.9 mi | 50.6 | 24% | 4.8% | 1.7% |
| Spay 2,808 · 10.6 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 1.8% | 1.9% |
| Allonnes 10,739 · 10.7 mi | 44.7 | 26% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Guécélard 3,202 · 11.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
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 Vallon-sur-Gée
What is the population of Vallon-sur-Gée?
774 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (797).
How old are Vallon-sur-Gée’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vallon-sur-Gée?
18, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vallon-sur-Gée?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vallon-sur-Gée?
€24,250 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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