Second homes: 41%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Aure sur Mer, 5.6%. Here, 0.4% of homes are flats. Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person, more than in 89% of compared French towns. The town counted 692 residents and 310 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Aure sur Mer
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Aure sur Mer, 41% of its 540 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 76% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aure sur Mer had 755 residents at the 2012 census and 692 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Aure sur Mer’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Aure sur Mer ranks below 98% of compared French towns on empty homes: 2.1%
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
20% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.9% moved in within the last two years. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 5%, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Aure sur Mer behind 95% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Calvados town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Aure sur Mer is over 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Aure sur Mer 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of Aure sur Mer’s residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Calvados town and 22% in the median compared French town; 17% are under 18. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.4% of households are single parents in Aure sur Mer
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Aure sur Mer. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here, 28% of households are one person living alone.
The median resident lives on €26,890 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 €26,890 a year: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. Against that, 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).
Aure sur Mer sits below 96% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.6%)
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 (0.7%), Aure sur Mer is below 98% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Aure sur Mer
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Aure sur Mer has 22%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 692 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Aure sur Mer is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aure sur Mer | 51.7 | 27% | 41% | 1.6% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 6.3 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 7.9 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 13.1 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 16 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 16.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 17.3 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
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 Aure sur Mer
What is the population of Aure sur Mer?
692 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (755).
How old are Aure sur Mer’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aure sur Mer?
220, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aure sur Mer?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aure sur Mer?
€26,890 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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