Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.8% of homes are flats
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Glos has 3%. The town is home to 931 residents in 400 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: 23% of households are one person living alone. 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 72% 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 Glos
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Glos, 10% of its 470 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 95% 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.
In Glos, 10% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 5.4% in Glos.
Glos changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 58% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Calvados.
Glos is older than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Glos 46. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.8% in Glos. Still, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 59% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
7.5% of households are single parents, below 85% 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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are more common here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
€26,500 a year: the median standard of living
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 €26,500 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 71% 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 retired person come to 31% in Glos, about three in ten. Against that, 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).
Only 1.5% of residents are immigrants in Glos
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 Glos, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%. Typically, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Glos. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 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
In Glos, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 931 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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).
No nearby town is as young as Glos
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glos | 46 | 24% | 10% | 1.5% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 2.7 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 8.5 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 12.2 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 14 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 14.2 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 15 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
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 Glos
What is the population of Glos?
931 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (905).
How old are Glos’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Glos?
48, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Glos?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Glos?
€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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