2.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for one-person households is 25% in Saint-Hymer and 35% in the typical compared French town. This Calvados town is home to 656 residents in 290 households, by the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. Few places have so few empty homes: 5.1% here, fewer than in 72% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Hymer
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Hymer, 24% of its 410 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 2%, a lower share than 99% 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
18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.4% moved in within the last two years. On second homes, Saint-Hymer sits higher than 94% of compared French towns: 24%.
Since 2012, Saint-Hymer has grown +7%, faster than 59% 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 first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Hymer is over 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Hymer 49. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Lower than in 62% of compared French towns: 23% of households are couples with children. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,560 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 residents live in households above €28,560 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Saint-Hymer ranks below 65% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 11%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Hymer ranks below 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.6%
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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Against that, 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.
Saint-Hymer sits below 95% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
Married residents: 49% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 65% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 656 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.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Saint-Hymer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hymer | 49 | 24% | 24% | 2.6% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 2.8 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Touques 3,913 · 7.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 23% | 7.3% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 7.7 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Deauville 3,539 · 8.6 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 73% | 7.2% |
| Trouville-sur-Mer 4,619 · 9 mi | 59.5 | 42% | 70% | 8% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 10.2 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
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-Hymer
What is the population of Saint-Hymer?
656 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (614).
How old are Saint-Hymer’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Hymer?
100, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Hymer?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Hymer?
€28,560 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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