Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Germain-du-Pert is over 52.6
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Saint-Germain-du-Pert’s 67 households held 148 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 47%. 2.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
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 Saint-Germain-du-Pert
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Germain-du-Pert, 20% of its 88 homes: higher than in 93% 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
Saint-Germain-du-Pert had 177 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Germain-du-Pert’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
By its share of empty homes (3.4%), Saint-Germain-du-Pert is below 93% of compared French towns. Of all households, 8.5% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Saint-Germain-du-Pert changed by −16% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% 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
■ Saint-Germain-du-Pert 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Saint-Germain-du-Pert comes in at 8.9%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Saint-Germain-du-Pert. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,690 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.
Half of Saint-Germain-du-Pert’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,690 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.7% in Saint-Germain-du-Pert. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Germain-du-Pert, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3.2% in Saint-Germain-du-Pert. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths 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.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 92% 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 49% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Germain-du-Pert
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: 27% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 148 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Saint-Germain-du-Pert: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-du-Pert | 52.6 | 29% | 20% | 3.2% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 2.9 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 8.6 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 9.9 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 13.3 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 15.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 15.2 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 Saint-Germain-du-Pert
What is the population of Saint-Germain-du-Pert?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (177).
How old are Saint-Germain-du-Pert’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Germain-du-Pert?
18, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Germain-du-Pert?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Germain-du-Pert?
€26,690 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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