Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 15% in Carpiquet, more than in 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Carpiquet has 7.1%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in four here (26%). Fewer second homes than in 94% of compared French towns: 0.6%. The town’s 1,560 households held 3,428 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Carpiquet
Growing fast
Carpiquet had 2,387 residents at the 2012 census and 3,428 in 2023, up 44%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Social housing
33% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 25% rent privately and 41% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Carpiquet’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 16% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Carpiquet’s population changed by +44% since 2012, more than in 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 +31%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
A median age of 38.6: Carpiquet is younger than 86% 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
■ Carpiquet 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 58% of compared French towns: 37%
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 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. On single-parent households, 10% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
More households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns: 33%
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
The share of flats tops two thirds of compared French towns: 43%. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 11% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years.
€24,760 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,760 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 12.0% of residents are below the line.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 70% of compared French towns: 13%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Carpiquet is above just over two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly one in ten 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: 4.7%, a lower share than 67% 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 make up 2.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Fewer married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 33%
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
The share of single residents tops 87% of compared French towns: 33%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 60% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,403 to 3,453 people), the 3rd 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.
Moult-Chicheboville is the youngest (35.9); Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan the oldest (58.7).
Around Carpiquet, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpiquet | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon 4,494 · 1.5 mi | 43.6 | 26% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Verson 4,059 · 2.2 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 2.7 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Louvigny 2,612 · 2.8 mi | 46.1 | 26% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 3 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Caen 109,400 · 3.2 mi | 33.7 | 19% | 3.7% | 11% |
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 Carpiquet
What is the population of Carpiquet?
3,428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 44% more than in 2012 (2,387).
How old are Carpiquet’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carpiquet?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carpiquet?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 95 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carpiquet?
€24,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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