Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Benerville-sur-Mer is over 63.9
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Benerville-sur-Mer has 1.7%. The town had 367 residents in 210 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 9.8% of the total. At 66%, the share of flats is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
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 Benerville-sur-Mer
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 1,170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Benerville-sur-Mer, 83% of its 1,400 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 31% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Benerville-sur-Mer’s residents are under 63.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Benerville-sur-Mer had 486 residents at the 2012 census and 367 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Benerville-sur-Mer’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 36% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 83%
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
7.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 16% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of households without a car here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
−24% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 −14% and the next six −13%.
Benerville-sur-Mer ranks above 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 47%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Benerville-sur-Mer 63.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6%, Benerville-sur-Mer is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.9%
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Benerville-sur-Mer comes in at 49%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.7 people each.
Standard of living at the median: €31,570 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,570 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 49%, a higher share than 97% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 7.3% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 9.8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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 higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. About one in 11: that is how common immigrants are in Benerville-sur-Mer (9%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Benerville-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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 40% in Benerville-sur-Mer. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 367 to 2,582 people
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 Benerville-sur-Mer (63.9).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Benerville-sur-Mer
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benerville-sur-Mer | 63.9 | 47% | 83% | 9% |
| Deauville 3,539 · 1.5 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 73% | 7.2% |
| Touques 3,913 · 2.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% | 7.3% |
| Trouville-sur-Mer 4,619 · 2.7 mi | 59.5 | 42% | 70% | 8% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 7.5 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Dives-sur-Mer 5,122 · 7.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 42% | 3% |
| Cabourg 3,725 · 8.8 mi | 63.9 | 48% | 79% | 4.1% |
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 Benerville-sur-Mer
What is the population of Benerville-sur-Mer?
367 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (486).
How old are Benerville-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 63.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.3% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benerville-sur-Mer?
1,170, with occasional dwellings: 83% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benerville-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benerville-sur-Mer?
€31,570 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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