Half of Firfol is over 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns
In Firfol, 48% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. At 1.1%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 366 residents in 170 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 Firfol
Fewer residents than in 2012
Firfol had 448 residents at the 2012 census and 366 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Firfol’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−18% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
The median Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six −12%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Firfol 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
In Firfol, 6.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% 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 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Firfol has 24%. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.3% of households have no car
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 5.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. By contrast, in Firfol, 4.9% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,500 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,500 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.7% 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.
In Firfol, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
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
Single residents: 16%, below 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
At 18%, the share of adults with no qualification is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (366 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Firfol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firfol | 55.5 | 30% | 5.4% | 2.7% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 3.7 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 11 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 11.2 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 13.2 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 13.3 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 16.3 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
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 Firfol
What is the population of Firfol?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (448).
How old are Firfol’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Firfol?
10, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Firfol?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Firfol?
€26,500 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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