1% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 1.7% in Ouézy and 30% in the typical compared French town. 4.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. Across Ouézy, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
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 Ouézy
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ouézy, 10% of its 120 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Ouézy, 10% of homes are second homes, more than in 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. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 51% of compared French towns grew faster than Ouézy: +5%
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
In two steps, +10% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Calvados.
A median age of 49.9: Ouézy is older than 83% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ouézy 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 92% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. About one in 20: that is how common single-parent households are in Ouézy (5%). One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,380 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 €28,380 a year: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Ouézy, more than in 83% 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 other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 15%, more than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
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: 0.4%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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 51% in Ouézy and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 80% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 227 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Ouézy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouézy | 49.9 | 26% | 10% | 0.4% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 2.5 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 3.7 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Argences 3,959 · 4.1 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 6.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Troarn 3,439 · 7.7 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 9.3 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 Ouézy
What is the population of Ouézy?
227 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (217).
How old are Ouézy’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ouézy?
12, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ouézy?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ouézy?
€28,380 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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