Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.2% of homes are flats
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 98% of compared French towns: 2.9%. On one-person households, Gouvix sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 26%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 825, in 350 households. About one in 15: that is how common households without a car are in Gouvix (6.6%).
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.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 64% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 40.4: Gouvix is younger than 77% 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
■ Gouvix 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. For Gouvix, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 70% 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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Gouvix sits lower than 71% of compared French towns: 8.7%.
A smaller share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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
In Gouvix, 15% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1.1% of homes are second homes.
Half above, half below €24,870 a year in 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.
The median standard of living in Gouvix is €24,870 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Gouvix ranks above 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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: 29% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.3% of residents are immigrants in Gouvix
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 23%, below 70% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Gouvix sits below 82% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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 adults with no qualification at 27%, Gouvix is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (825 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
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).
Around Gouvix, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouvix | 40.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 5.9 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 5.9 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 7.7 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Ifs 11,937 · 8 mi | 39.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Cormelles-le-Royal 5,377 · 8.6 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Argences 3,959 · 8.6 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
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 Gouvix
What is the population of Gouvix?
825 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (761).
How old are Gouvix’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gouvix?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gouvix?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gouvix?
€24,870 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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