Combray: 43% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 89% of compared French towns: 16%. 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 66% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Combray’s population at 153, in 61 households. Here, 1.4% of households have no car.
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 Combray
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Combray, 12% of its 73 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 12% in Combray, more than in 89% 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
10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 13% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 5.8%.
Combray grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 59% 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 +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
Younger than 83% of compared French towns: half of Combray is under 39.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Combray 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Combray has 9.8%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Combray has 14%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
€24,210 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Combray is €24,210 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Combray comes in at 21%. On average, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 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.
The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Combray. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Combray, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 75% 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Combray has 17%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (153 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Combray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combray | 39.3 | 16% | 12% | 0.6% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 3.7 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 8.2 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Les Monts d'Aunay 4,777 · 9.6 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 10.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 11.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 11.8 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
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 Combray
What is the population of Combray?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (143).
How old are Combray’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Combray?
8, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Combray?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Combray?
€24,210 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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