18% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
Here 3.2% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. There were 260 households in La Hoguette at the 2023 Census, home to 662 residents. Across La Hoguette, 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 5.5%, more than in 79% 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 La Hoguette
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Hoguette had 694 residents at the 2012 census and 662 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 87% 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 +3% from 2012 to 2017 and −7% from 2017 to 2023.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Hoguette 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%, La Hoguette is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. Add to that, the median age here is 45.4, higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
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
Average household size: 2.6 people. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
100% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,450 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
La Hoguette sits above 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (39%)
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
For La Hoguette, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. 9.5% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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 median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 0.6%. Set beside that, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in La Hoguette comes in at 19%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 27% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around La Hoguette are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Hoguette | 45.4 | 19% | 5.5% | 1.2% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 2.3 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 10.9 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 12.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 13.7 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 15.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 15.3 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 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 La Hoguette
What is the population of La Hoguette?
662 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (694).
How old are La Hoguette’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Hoguette?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Hoguette?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Hoguette?
€25,450 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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