More couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Jort was home to 303 people in 130 households. About one in seven: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Jort (15%). Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Jort comes in at 8.6%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Jort
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Jort had 327 residents at the 2012 census and 303 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 94% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
Jort is younger than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jort 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 20% in Jort and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Jort, 30%. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
7.2% of households have no car, below 71% 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
Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 8.6%, above 69% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,060 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 €23,060 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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
In Jort, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 22% of the total. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Jort has 2.2%. The usual figure: 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 68% of compared French towns: 40% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Jort has 27%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Jort, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 303 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Jort
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jort | 42.5 | 20% | 8.6% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 7.2 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 7.6 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 10.4 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Argences 3,959 · 11.2 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 13.1 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
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 Jort
What is the population of Jort?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (327).
How old are Jort’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jort?
13, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jort?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jort?
€23,060 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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