0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
6.1% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Flats: 2.7% of the total. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 3.4%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Banville was home to 797 people in 330 households.
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.
Since 2012, Banville has grown +17%, faster than 85% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Calvados town +1%.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% 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
■ Banville 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Banville is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 24% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Banville: 8.3% of homes are second homes, above 86% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 4.3% of homes stand empty. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,460 a year
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.
Living standards centre on €27,460 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns, at 3%
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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Banville, 28%. 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly one in ten 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).
1% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 0.8% in Banville and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Banville, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Banville has 48%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 797 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th youngest
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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Banville are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banville | 44.3 | 22% | 8.3% | 1% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 2 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Douvres-la-Délivrande 5,143 · 5.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3% | 4% |
| Luc-sur-Mer 3,275 · 6 mi | 56.9 | 37% | 27% | 2.5% |
| Rots 2,544 · 6.7 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 7.5 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer 3,323 · 8.1 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 30% | 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 Banville
What is the population of Banville?
797 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (684).
How old are Banville’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Banville?
31, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Banville?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Banville?
€27,460 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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