A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Clarbec comes in at 3.3%. This Calvados town had 314 residents in 160 households at the 2023 Census. 6.7% of households are single parents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Clarbec sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 8.8%.
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 Clarbec
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Clarbec, 28% of its 240 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Clarbec had 386 residents at the 2012 census and 314 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Clarbec’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Clarbec sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (28%)
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
Flats: 2.8% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Clarbec, 5.6% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −19% since 2012, behind 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −13% to 2023. Over those years, the median Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 52.2: Clarbec is older than 89% 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
■ Clarbec 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Clarbec.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 78% 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
The average household has 2 people. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,740 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 €27,740 a year: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Clarbec ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 46%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 5.1% of households are headed by a manual worker in Clarbec. As a reference point, 32% 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 married residents is 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 is 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Clarbec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarbec | 52.2 | 27% | 28% | 0.6% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 4 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Touques 3,913 · 7.8 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% | 7.3% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 7.9 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Deauville 3,539 · 8.5 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 73% | 7.2% |
| Trouville-sur-Mer 4,619 · 9.1 mi | 59.5 | 42% | 70% | 8% |
| Dives-sur-Mer 5,122 · 11 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 42% | 3% |
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 Clarbec
What is the population of Clarbec?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (386).
How old are Clarbec’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clarbec?
66, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clarbec?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clarbec?
€27,740 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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