42% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In La Caine, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 3.3% locally. Half are older than 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 159 people lived here, in 56 households.
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 La Caine
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
La Caine had 122 residents at the 2012 census and 159 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of La Caine’s residents are under 37 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, La Caine has grown +30%, faster than 97% 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
Residents aged 65 and over: 11%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ La Caine 37. The median compared French town: 44.
La Caine sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 37, younger than in 91% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In La Caine, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
The average household has 2.8 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Only 5% of homes stand empty in La Caine
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, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Some 7.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 18% who have been there 30 years or more.
€23,630 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.
Living standards centre on €23,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Only 25% of households are headed by a retired person in La Caine
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Caine ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.6%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in La Caine comes in at 0.6%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 64% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 159 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
La Caine is the youngest (37); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
La Caine is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Caine | 37 | 11% | 3.3% | 0.6% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 3.3 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Les Monts d'Aunay 4,777 · 5.4 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 6.9 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 8.1 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 8.2 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Verson 4,059 · 8.8 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
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 La Caine
What is the population of La Caine?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (122).
How old are La Caine’s residents?
The median age is 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Caine?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Caine?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Caine?
€23,630 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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