Loucelles: 41% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
In Loucelles, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. This Calvados town is home to 221 residents in 79 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats: 3.2% of the total. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households have no car.
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 Loucelles
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Loucelles’ residents are under 36.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Loucelles’s population changed by +16% since 2012, more than in 84% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, +21%.
Younger than 94% of compared French towns: half of Loucelles is under 36.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loucelles 36.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 11%, Loucelles is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
By its share of single-parent households (12%), Loucelles is above 75% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.8 people each.
Empty homes make up 8.3% in Loucelles, more than in 66% 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
13% of households arrived within the last two years, while 15% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Second homes: 2.4%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,520 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.
At €27,520 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of households are headed by a manual worker here. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Loucelles ranks below 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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 Loucelles, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
More married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 49%
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
The share of single residents trails 87% of compared French towns: 21%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Loucelles sits below 97% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (8.9%)
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
In Loucelles, 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 221 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.
The youngest is Loucelles (36.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Loucelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loucelles | 36.2 | 11% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 3.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Rots 2,544 · 4.7 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 6.8 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 6.9 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
| Verson 4,059 · 7.5 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 8 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
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 Loucelles
What is the population of Loucelles?
221 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (190).
How old are Loucelles’ residents?
The median age is 36.2, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loucelles?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loucelles?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loucelles?
€27,520 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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