2.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In Guéron, 3.6% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 247 residents in 110 households: that is Guéron at the 2023 Census. Locally, 23% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.7% here, fewer than in 82% 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.
Since 2012, Guéron has changed by +1%, slower than 67% 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 Guéron, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 72% 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
■ Guéron 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Guéron’s residents are over 46, older than in 63% of compared French towns. Here, 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Guéron
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
Couples with children: 22%, below 63% of compared French towns. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 67% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
96% of homes are houses
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. 7.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A median of €32,070 a year per consumption unit
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 €32,070 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
In Guéron, 41% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 86% 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
Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Nearly a quarter of Guéron’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 41% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Guéron ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.8%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Guéron has 0.4%. The wider picture: 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Guéron, 46%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 35% in Guéron, more than in 67% 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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 247 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Guéron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guéron | 46 | 26% | 1.8% | 0.8% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 2.4 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 7.6 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 9 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 10.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 11.7 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 12.8 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
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 Guéron
What is the population of Guéron?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (245).
How old are Guéron’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guéron?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guéron?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guéron?
€32,070 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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