Ablon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.5%
Half of Ablon’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 80% of compared French towns. Here, 25% of households are one person living alone. There were 500 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,166 residents. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); locally, 0.4%.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Ablon
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ablon, 17% of its 650 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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, 3% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. 17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% of compared French towns. The figure for empty homes is 5.6% in Ablon and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Ablon changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Calvados town +1%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.6% in Ablon, less than in 87% 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
■ Ablon 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
For Ablon, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Ablon, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.9% of households are single parents.
The median resident lives on €27,760 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,760 a year: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Ablon ranks below 64% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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 census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Ablon. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. Nearly a tenth of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2% of residents are immigrants
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 Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Ablon, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Ablon comes in at 52%. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,166 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Ablon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablon | 49.2 | 23% | 17% | 2% |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur 2,527 · 1.5 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 6.4% | 3.3% |
| Honfleur 6,640 · 2.7 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 31% | 5.4% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 4.2 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| Gonfreville-l'Orcher 8,916 · 8.3 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 3.4% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 8.6 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Gainneville 2,548 · 8.7 mi | 42 | 19% | 0.2% | 1.9% |
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 Ablon
What is the population of Ablon?
1,166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,204).
How old are Ablon’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ablon?
110, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ablon?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ablon?
€27,760 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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