Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
With flats at 6.1%, Barbeville is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. The share of households without a car stands at 3.8%. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 240 people lived here, in 100 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.
What stands out about the people of Barbeville
Growing fast
Barbeville had 187 residents at the 2012 census and 240 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+28% since 2012, a pace 96% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Calvados.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 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
■ Barbeville 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Barbeville is 42.4, lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.6%
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
Households average 2.3 people. 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
A town of second homes: 7.7% of its homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. The share of empty homes stands at 12%.
The median resident lives on €28,210 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.
Half of Barbeville’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,210 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns: 23%
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, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Barbeville has 9.2%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.2% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Barbeville. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Barbeville ranks below 96% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 9.6%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Barbeville comes in at 35%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (240 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Barbeville is younger than 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbeville | 42.4 | 16% | 7.7% | 1.2% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 2.1 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 6.1 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 11.7 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 13.1 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 14 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 14.2 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
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 Barbeville
What is the population of Barbeville?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (187).
How old are Barbeville’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barbeville?
10, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barbeville?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barbeville?
€28,210 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.