6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Cordey is home to 154 residents in 64 households, by the 2023 Census. 46% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Cordey has 4.7%.
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.
Cordey grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 64% 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
Over those years, the median Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Cordey is under 39.8, younger than 80% 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
■ Cordey 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Cordey comes in at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Cordey, 31% of households are couples with children, more than in 79% 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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are one person living alone here. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Cordey, 4.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% 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
7.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few second homes: 1.4% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. At 7.2%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,240 a year in 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 Cordey is €24,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Cordey has 3.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 61%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Cordey comes in at 12%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Cordey, less than in 74% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 154 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Cordey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordey | 39.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 3.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 12.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 12.1 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 15 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 15.4 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 15.5 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
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 Cordey
What is the population of Cordey?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (142).
How old are Cordey’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cordey?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cordey?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cordey?
€24,240 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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