Couples with children make up 42% in Espins, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 26%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Espins counted 244 residents and 97 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 14: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Espins (7%). Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 81% 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 Espins
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Espins outgrew 76% of compared French towns: +12%
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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +13%, then ±0% to 2023.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 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
■ Espins 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Espins’s residents are over 44.1, older than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Espins
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
Households without a car make up 1% in Espins, less than in 99% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. On second homes, Espins sits higher than 78% of compared French towns: 5.2%. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%.
Standard of living at the median: €28,450 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,450 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 11%, below 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Espins, 2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2% of residents are foreign nationals here. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Espins has 55%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Espins: 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 63% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Espins, about two in ten. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (244 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Espins is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espins | 44.1 | 18% | 5.2% | 2.5% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 3.4 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 7.6 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Les Monts d'Aunay 4,777 · 9.6 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 9.9 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 10.1 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Fleury-sur-Orne 5,941 · 10.5 mi | 36.3 | 17% | 1.2% | 7.6% |
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 Espins
What is the population of Espins?
244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (217).
How old are Espins’ residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 51% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Espins?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Espins?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Espins?
€28,450 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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