Photo: Gigi@36 · CC BY-SA 4.036% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
3.9% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). For Giberville, the census puts second homes at 0.8%. On single-parent households, Giberville sits higher than 86% of compared French towns: 13%. This Calvados town had 5,077 residents in 2,220 households at the 2023 census.
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 Giberville
Social housing
36% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 8.9% rent privately and 54% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 61% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Calvados town +1%.
Giberville is younger than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Giberville 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Giberville comes in at 20%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 12% locally.
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%.
Giberville ranks below 64% of compared French towns on one-person households: 33%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Couples with children account for 25%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of homes are flats in Giberville
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households have no car here. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,220 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 €24,220 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
Giberville: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 67% 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
35% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Here, 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Giberville, 5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% 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 Giberville, 3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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 73% of compared French towns: 39% of residents 15 and over are married
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: 27%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Giberville sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Giberville. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 5,029 to 5,126 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.
Bezannes is the youngest (31.7); Saint-Georges-de-Didonne the oldest (67.3).
Giberville sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giberville | 42.3 | 20% | 0.8% | 5% |
| Démouville 3,035 · 0.8 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 0.6% | 2.8% |
| Colombelles 7,243 · 1.3 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 0.8% | 7.1% |
| Mondeville 10,331 · 1.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.2% |
| Hérouville-Saint-Clair 23,470 · 2.7 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Cormelles-le-Royal 5,377 · 2.7 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Blainville-sur-Orne 6,106 · 3.4 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 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 Giberville
What is the population of Giberville?
5,077 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (4,972).
How old are Giberville’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Giberville?
18, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Giberville?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Giberville?
€24,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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