Mouen: 37% of households are couples with children, above 96% of compared French towns
5.9% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The 2023 Census put Mouen’s population at 1,788, in 700 households. Locally, 3% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 95% 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 Mouen
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Mouen had 1,357 residents at the 2012 census and 1,788 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Mouen’s residents are under 38.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +32% change since 2012: Mouen grew 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Calvados town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +18%; 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Younger than 88% of compared French towns: half of Mouen is under 38.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mouen 38.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Mouen comes in at 16%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1% locally.
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%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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 share of single-parent households is 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. The average household has 2.5 people.
Mouen sits below 77% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.8%)
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
There is little gap on second homes: 1.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,230 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.
Living standards centre on €27,230 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
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 retired person: 27% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Mouen. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% of compared French towns
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 Mouen, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
In Mouen, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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 married residents is 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Mouen ranks below 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 10%
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
39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 1,788 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Mouen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouen | 38.1 | 16% | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 1.5 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Verson 4,059 · 1.7 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 3.5 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon 4,494 · 3.7 mi | 43.6 | 26% | 0.8% | 4% |
| Louvigny 2,612 · 4.2 mi | 46.1 | 26% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 4.3 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
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 Mouen
What is the population of Mouen?
1,788 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (1,357).
How old are Mouen’s residents?
The median age is 38.1, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouen?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouen?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouen?
€27,230 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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