3.9% of homes are flats, below 97% of compared French towns
Here just over a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. At the 2023 Census, 510 people lived in Osmanville, in 220 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 24% here. On households without a car, Osmanville sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 6.5%.
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 Osmanville
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Osmanville, 11% of its 260 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Osmanville had 591 residents at the 2012 census and 510 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Osmanville ranks above 88% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.8% moved in within the last two years. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 5.4% here, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns.
−14% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
Osmanville ranks below 91% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Osmanville 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.7, Osmanville is older than two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 7% of households are single parents
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 28%, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Osmanville has 26%.
Half above, half below €23,480 a year in standard of living
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 €23,480 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Osmanville, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Osmanville. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Osmanville ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Osmanville has 48%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
9.4% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Osmanville. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 510 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th oldest
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.
Osmanville is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osmanville | 46.7 | 23% | 11% | 0.8% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 2.1 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 7.1 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 11.1 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 11.9 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 14.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 15.1 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
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 Osmanville
What is the population of Osmanville?
510 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (591).
How old are Osmanville’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Osmanville?
28, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Osmanville?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Osmanville?
€23,480 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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