Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Vibraye is over 53.9
With second homes at 6.1%, Vibraye is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 2,523 residents and 1,270 households in the town. Couples with children make up about one in seven here (15%). This Sarthe town has fewer flats than 87% of compared French towns, at 9.9%.
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 Vibraye
An older town
Half of Vibraye’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Vibraye behind 82% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Sarthe.
34% of residents are 65 or over, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vibraye 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Vibraye has 9%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 42% of households are one person living alone
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 1.9 people. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 82% of compared French towns: 7.8% of households are single parents.
9.2% of homes stand empty, a share 74% 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
The share of households in social housing trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.9%. Households without a car: 13% of the total. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
A median of €24,840 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 €24,840 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
Vibraye sits above 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (46%)
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 5.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Vibraye has more households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns, at 18%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.4% of residents are immigrants in Vibraye
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 Vibraye comes in at 1.1%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Vibraye, less than in 80% 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
Married residents account for 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Vibraye, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
31% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,507 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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Vibraye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vibraye | 53.9 | 34% | 6.1% | 1.4% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 9 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 9.5 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 9.8 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
| Connerré 2,780 · 11.5 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 14.9 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 · 15.2 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
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 Vibraye
What is the population of Vibraye?
2,523 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,607).
How old are Vibraye’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vibraye?
91, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vibraye?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vibraye?
€24,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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