A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of homes stand empty in Petiville. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 560, in 220 households. In Petiville, a fifth of households are one person living alone. At 7.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in 84% 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.
Since 2012, Petiville has grown +8%, faster than 63% 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
The median Calvados town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six +10%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, a lower share than 90% 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
■ Petiville 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 19% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. The median age in Petiville is 45.5, higher than in 60% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 85% of compared French towns: 32%
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, 2.5 people share a household. 9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Fewer households without a car than 94% of compared French towns: 4.1%
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. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 9.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 27% have stayed 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,070 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,070 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 70% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Petiville has 11%. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 68% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.5% of residents are immigrants, below 78% 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.
2.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Measured more widely, 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.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 53% of residents 15 and over are married in Petiville. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Petiville, less than in 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Petiville has 28%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 560 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Petiville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petiville | 45.5 | 19% | 7.4% | 3.5% |
| Cabourg 3,725 · 3.7 mi | 63.9 | 48% | 79% | 4.1% |
| Troarn 3,439 · 4.2 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Dives-sur-Mer 5,122 · 4.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 42% | 3% |
| Ouistreham 9,212 · 4.7 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 25% | 2.8% |
| Blainville-sur-Orne 6,106 · 6 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1% | 4% |
| Démouville 3,035 · 6 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 0.6% | 2.8% |
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 Petiville
What is the population of Petiville?
560 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (519).
How old are Petiville’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Petiville?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Petiville?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Petiville?
€29,070 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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