A median age of 63.9: Cabourg is older than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (78%), Cabourg is above 94% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 7.4%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,725 residents in 2,230 households. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are couples with children.
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 Cabourg
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 8,770 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cabourg, 79% of its 11,120 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 15% 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 Cabourg’s residents are under 63.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 48% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
54% of Cabourg’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cabourg: 79% of homes are second homes, above 99% 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
Car-free households: one in five, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes: 1% of the total. 19% of households have no car, more than in 82% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 68% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Calvados.
48% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Cabourg 63.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7% in Cabourg. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 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.
More one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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 here average 1.6 people each. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,420 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.
At €26,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 15.0% of the population.
Cabourg sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (58%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.5% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Cabourg, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 86% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Cabourg, 4.1%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 76% 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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Cabourg. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 adults with no qualification tops 69% of compared French towns: 23%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 3,692 to 3,754 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.
Lourches is the youngest (35.1); Cabourg the oldest (63.9).
Cabourg is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabourg | 63.9 | 48% | 79% | 4.1% |
| Dives-sur-Mer 5,122 · 1.1 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 42% | 3% |
| Ouistreham 9,212 · 6.2 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 25% | 2.8% |
| Troarn 3,439 · 7.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Colleville-Montgomery 2,586 · 7.8 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 14% | 2.1% |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer 3,323 · 8.4 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 30% | 1.9% |
| Blainville-sur-Orne 6,106 · 9 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1% | 4% |
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 Cabourg
What is the population of Cabourg?
3,725 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,712).
How old are Cabourg’s residents?
The median age is 63.9, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.5% are under 18 and 48% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cabourg?
8,770, with occasional dwellings: 79% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cabourg?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cabourg?
€26,420 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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