More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A quarter of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. The 2023 Census counted 44 residents in 20 households. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
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 Rapilly
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Rapilly, 17% of its 24 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Rapilly had 47 residents at the 2012 census and 44 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 5%, a lower share than 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
Long tenure is the mark of 35% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 92% 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 change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Calvados town +1%.
Half of Rapilly is over 49, older than 79% 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
■ Rapilly 49. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% 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%.
20 households; 25% are one person
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 25% in Rapilly, less 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 2.3% in Rapilly, less than in 89% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Rapilly has 2.3%. For 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.
In Rapilly, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Rapilly: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 56% 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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Rapilly, about three in ten. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 44 to 2,582
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Rapilly, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapilly | 49 | 25% | 17% | 2.3% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 7.1 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 7.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 10.2 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 11.2 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 12.3 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Flers 14,432 · 13 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
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 Rapilly
What is the population of Rapilly?
44 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (47).
How old are Rapilly’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rapilly?
4, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rapilly?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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