From the perspective of rural micro-space development, this paper studies the spatial development of the ageing of rural China and its possible impact. Based on the rural township data, it finds that more than 78% villages have become an ageing society. What is striking is that many villages are experiencing deep and even super ageing. Using the Theil Index, it shows that ageing of rural China is characterized by a bigger intra-regional than inter-regional heterogeneity. In general, the distribution of the elder population in most rural areas is more scattered. It argues that the three factors including the degree of ageing, the distribution of the rural elder population, and the rural development are critical to the spatial effect of rural ageing. With the evolution of the distribution of the rural elder population and the rapid development of population ageing in the villages, policy-makers should pay more attention to the ageing process of the shrinking villages and the development of the villages with deep or super degree of ageing, in order to better plan and deal with the spatial-economic challenges brought by the rural ageing process.