Bavent: 37% of households are couples with children, above 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Bavent, 3.8%. On households without a car, Bavent sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 5.8%. The town’s 760 households held 1,885 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 7.1% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Bavent
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +9% change since 2012: faster than 66% 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 Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +4%.
Bavent ranks below 67% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bavent 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total. Half of Bavent’s residents are over 44.2, older than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Bavent
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
7.2% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Bavent sits below 81% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.6%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.9% (under two years). Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 4.3% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
At the median, €27,330 a year to live on
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 €27,330 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 12%, a higher share than 63% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bavent, 12%. On households headed by a retired person, Bavent sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 33%. For comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 2.8%, a lower share than 84% 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.1%, Bavent is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Bavent, less than in 84% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Bavent comes in at 48%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 53% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Graduates of higher education come to 30% in Bavent, about three in ten. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,885 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Bavent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavent | 44.2 | 20% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| Troarn 3,439 · 3.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Cabourg 3,725 · 4.7 mi | 63.9 | 48% | 79% | 4.1% |
| Ouistreham 9,212 · 4.8 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 25% | 2.8% |
| Démouville 3,035 · 5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 0.6% | 2.8% |
| Blainville-sur-Orne 6,106 · 5.2 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1% | 4% |
| Colombelles 7,243 · 5.4 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 0.8% | 7.1% |
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 Bavent
What is the population of Bavent?
1,885 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,731).
How old are Bavent’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bavent?
36, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bavent?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bavent?
€27,330 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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