Étréham sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (0.8%)
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 1.3% of homes stand empty here. On the census count, 3.4% of households are single parents. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 6.5% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 324 residents in Étréham, living in 140 households.
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 Étréham
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Étréham, 13% of its 160 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Étréham ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 13%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.3% (under two years). As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Étréham grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 74% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Calvados. Here the change came as +20% to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 84% 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
■ Étréham 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.6, Étréham is older than 60% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 82% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are one person living alone in Étréham. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
A median of €25,510 a year per consumption unit
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 Étréham is €25,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 61% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Étréham, 8%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Across Étréham, 31% 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).
0.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Étréham has 0.3%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 99% of compared French towns: 11% 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
With married residents at 57%, Étréham is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Étréham ranks below 83% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 324 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Étréham sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étréham | 45.6 | 17% | 13% | 0.3% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 4.8 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 6.8 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 13.4 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 14.8 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 15.3 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Rots 2,544 · 16 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
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 Étréham
What is the population of Étréham?
324 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (291).
How old are Étréham’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étréham?
22, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étréham?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étréham?
€25,510 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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