Younger than 99% of compared French towns: half of Gavrus is under 33.2
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Gavrus has 1.8%. At the 2023 Census Gavrus was home to 635 people in 220 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 9.8%. 4.4% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 83% 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 Gavrus
A town of families
49% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Gavrus’ residents are under 33.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 5.8% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Gavrus had 544 residents at the 2012 census and 635 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 85% of compared French towns: Gavrus changed by +17% since 2012
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 +2%, then +14% to 2023.
Gavrus ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gavrus 33.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Gavrus has 13%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Gavrus: 49% of households are couples with children, above 99% 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
With single-parent households at 12%, Gavrus is ahead of 76% of compared French towns on that count. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households without a car than 77% of compared French towns: 6.5%
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
Second homes: 1.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,280 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.
At €28,280 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.6% in Gavrus, less than in 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 9.5%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.6%, below 70% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, below 66% of compared French towns
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
Across Gavrus, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Gavrus, 9.9% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
With graduates of higher education at 42%, Gavrus is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 635 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.
Gavrus is the youngest (33.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Gavrus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavrus | 33.2 | 5.8% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 3.3 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Verson 4,059 · 3.8 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon 4,494 · 5.8 mi | 43.6 | 26% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 5.9 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
| Louvigny 2,612 · 6 mi | 46.1 | 26% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 6.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
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 Gavrus
What is the population of Gavrus?
635 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (544).
How old are Gavrus’ residents?
The median age is 33.2, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 5.8% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gavrus?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gavrus?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gavrus?
€28,280 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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