Ouilly-le-Tesson ranks below 97% of compared French towns on one-person households: 23%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Ouilly-le-Tesson had 571 residents in 230 households at the 2023 census. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 29%. 19% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
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 Ouilly-le-Tesson
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ouilly-le-Tesson has changed by +4%, slower than 55% 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 change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Calvados town +1%.
Ouilly-le-Tesson is younger than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ouilly-le-Tesson 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
For Ouilly-le-Tesson, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 71% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 2.5 people on average. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 85% of compared French towns: 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Across Ouilly-le-Tesson, 5.9% of households have no car. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,780 a year to live on
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 €25,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Only 23% of households are headed by a retired person in Ouilly-le-Tesson
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Ouilly-le-Tesson comes in at 6.2%. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Ouilly-le-Tesson sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.7%)
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ouilly-le-Tesson sits above 91% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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 Ouilly-le-Tesson, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ouilly-le-Tesson
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Ouilly-le-Tesson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouilly-le-Tesson | 41.2 | 19% | 1.5% | 0.7% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 6.6 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 8.6 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 9.6 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Argences 3,959 · 9.6 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 9.7 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 9.9 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 Ouilly-le-Tesson
What is the population of Ouilly-le-Tesson?
571 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (551).
How old are Ouilly-le-Tesson’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ouilly-le-Tesson?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ouilly-le-Tesson?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% 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 Ouilly-le-Tesson?
€25,780 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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