A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
Households headed by a retired person make up 14%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 5.3% of households have no car. Les Monceaux has fewer one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 29%. The 2023 Census counted 198 residents in 86 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 Les Monceaux
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Monceaux, 10% of its 100 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Monceaux: 10% of homes are second homes, above 88% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 5.2%. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 72% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Calvados town +1%.
Les Monceaux is older than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Monceaux 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across Les Monceaux, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
A median standard of living of €26,740 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,740 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, a higher share than 74% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.2% of residents are immigrants in Les Monceaux
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Here, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 51%
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Les Monceaux, 20%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns: 11%
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 come to 31% in Les Monceaux, about three in ten. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th 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 Les Monceaux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Monceaux | 45.8 | 21% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 5 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 7.6 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 8.7 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 9.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 12.4 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 13.1 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
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 Les Monceaux
What is the population of Les Monceaux?
198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (179).
How old are Les Monceaux’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Monceaux?
11, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Monceaux?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% 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 Les Monceaux?
€26,740 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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