Second homes make up 66% in Colleville-sur-Mer, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Colleville-sur-Mer comes in at 3.3%. The 2023 Census counted 207 residents in 94 households. 17% of households are single parents. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Colleville-sur-Mer
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Colleville-sur-Mer, 66% of its 310 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 90% 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.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
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
By its share of households in social housing (7.6%), Colleville-sur-Mer is below 73% of compared French towns. In the last two years, just over one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Households without a car are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Colleville-sur-Mer ahead of 62% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −9%; 2017 to 2023, +18%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Calvados town +1%.
Half of Colleville-sur-Mer is over 48.5, older than 77% 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
■ Colleville-sur-Mer 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Colleville-sur-Mer, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In Colleville-sur-Mer, a third of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,660 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 €25,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker in Colleville-sur-Mer
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Colleville-sur-Mer has 11%. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 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).
4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
The share of foreign nationals stands at 3.9%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Colleville-sur-Mer ranks above 88% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Colleville-sur-Mer has 22%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Graduates of higher education: 28% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (207 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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.
Older than Colleville-sur-Mer: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleville-sur-Mer | 48.5 | 23% | 66% | 4.4% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 7.7 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 7.8 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 11.5 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 17.6 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 17.7 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 17.7 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 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 Colleville-sur-Mer
What is the population of Colleville-sur-Mer?
207 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (192).
How old are Colleville-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Colleville-sur-Mer?
210, with occasional dwellings: 66% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Colleville-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Colleville-sur-Mer?
€25,660 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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