1.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Olendon. At 6.3%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. The town’s 81 households held 190 residents at the 2023 Census. One-person households: nearly a fifth of the total.
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.
Slower growth than 76% of compared French towns: Olendon changed by −2% since 2012
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 first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, +3%.
Olendon is younger than 59% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Olendon 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 21% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 81% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Second homes: 4.1%, a higher share than 72% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.5% of homes stand empty in Olendon. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €25,250 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,250 a year: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 38%
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. 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
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 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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 figure for married residents is 50% in Olendon and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Olendon, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 190 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Olendon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olendon | 42.9 | 21% | 4.1% | 1% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 5.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 8.2 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 9.3 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 9.9 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Argences 3,959 · 10.9 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 12.1 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
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 Olendon
What is the population of Olendon?
190 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (193).
How old are Olendon’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Olendon?
4, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Olendon?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Olendon?
€25,250 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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