14% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 4%, below 94% of compared French towns. 452 residents in 190 households: that is Hottot-les-Bagues at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 6.7%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 91% 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 Hottot-les-Bagues
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hottot-les-Bagues had 486 residents at the 2012 census and 452 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 93% 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
The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 17%, a lower share than 80% 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
■ Hottot-les-Bagues 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Hottot-les-Bagues is 43.3, lower than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in eight.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Hottot-les-Bagues, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 84% 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
Single-parent households make up 7.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
A lower share of empty homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
24% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.2% of homes are second homes here.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,420 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,420 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.1% in Hottot-les-Bagues, less than in 99% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Hottot-les-Bagues. Across the comparison, 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 92% 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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Hottot-les-Bagues: 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 84% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Hottot-les-Bagues. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 452 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hottot-les-Bagues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hottot-les-Bagues | 43.3 | 17% | 4.2% | 1.1% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 4.9 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 7.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 8.9 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Verson 4,059 · 8.9 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 8.9 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 9.3 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
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 Hottot-les-Bagues
What is the population of Hottot-les-Bagues?
452 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (486).
How old are Hottot-les-Bagues’ residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hottot-les-Bagues?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hottot-les-Bagues?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hottot-les-Bagues?
€25,420 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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