1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 98% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of homes are flats in Cambremer. The town had 1,294 residents in 570 households at the 2023 Census. Roughly three in ten: 29% of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 31%, fewer than in 73% 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 Cambremer
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cambremer, 20% of its 770 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Cambremer, 20% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Cambremer has 5.7%. The town has fewer empty homes than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 5.6%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Cambremer has changed by −3%, slower than 81% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Calvados town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Cambremer is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cambremer 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Cambremer has 8.9%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Cambremer: 27% of households are couples with children, above 60% of compared French towns
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 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,290 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,290 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Cambremer: 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 76% 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, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker here. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Cambremer sits below 87% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.5%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.7%), Cambremer is below 83% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Cambremer
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Above 58% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Roughly three in ten: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,294 to 2,582
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.
Around Cambremer, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambremer | 48.5 | 29% | 20% | 2.5% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 6.5 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 8.3 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 9.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Argences 3,959 · 10.1 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 10.5 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Troarn 3,439 · 10.9 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
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 Cambremer
What is the population of Cambremer?
1,294 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,334).
How old are Cambremer’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cambremer?
150, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cambremer?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cambremer?
€27,290 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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