Photo: Kamel15 · CC BY-SA 3.0Deauville is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.3
The figure for couples with children is 8.2% in Deauville and 25% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 3,539 people lived locally, in 2,120 households. On the census count, 78% of homes are flats. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 6.5% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
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 Deauville
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 6,580 second homes and occasional dwellings in Deauville, 73% of its 9,050 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 18% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Deauville’s residents are under 63.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 47% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
58% of Deauville’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 47% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Deauville had 3,775 residents at the 2012 census and 3,539 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
73% of homes in Deauville are second homes
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
Empty homes make up 3.9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. About one in four: that is how common households without a car are in Deauville (28%). At 25%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 91% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Calvados town +1%.
Deauville: 47% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% 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
■ Deauville 63.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 74 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
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
There are 1.6 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 81% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €27,260 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.
Living standards centre on €27,260 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 14.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
56% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Measured more widely, 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).
7.2% of Deauville’s 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.
That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Deauville (7.2%). Foreign nationals make up 4.4%, close to the figure 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.
Only 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Deauville
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
Census figures put single residents at 26% in Deauville. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 38% and 2.1%, and 14% are widowed.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 3,523 to 3,556 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.
Rubelles is the youngest (34.9); Deauville the oldest (63.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Deauville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deauville | 63.3 | 47% | 73% | 7.2% |
| Trouville-sur-Mer 4,619 · 1.2 mi | 59.5 | 42% | 70% | 8% |
| Touques 3,913 · 1.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% | 7.3% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 6.9 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Honfleur 6,640 · 8.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 31% | 5.4% |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur 2,527 · 9.1 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 6.4% | 3.3% |
| Dives-sur-Mer 5,122 · 9.2 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 Deauville
What is the population of Deauville?
3,539 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (3,775).
How old are Deauville’s residents?
The median age is 63.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 47% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Deauville?
6,580, with occasional dwellings: 73% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Deauville?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.2% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Deauville?
€27,260 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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