0.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a retired person (41%), Saint-Lambert is above 86% of compared French towns. Single-parent households are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 262, in 120 households. Households without a car: 7.4% of the total.
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-Lambert
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Lambert, 10% of its 160 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Lambert sits above 96% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 10% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Saint-Lambert changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 70% 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 +5% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 42.4: Saint-Lambert is younger than 63% 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-Lambert 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 64% 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Saint-Lambert has more couples with children than 54% of compared French towns, at 26%.
€24,050 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,050 a year: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Saint-Lambert ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3%
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
Just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional 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 2.7% in Saint-Lambert, less than in 85% 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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Only 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Lambert
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
With single residents at 23%, Saint-Lambert is behind 75% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 census found that 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Lambert. 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 262 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Saint-Lambert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lambert | 42.4 | 22% | 10% | 2.7% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 4.1 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 5.5 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Les Monts d'Aunay 4,777 · 6.5 mi | 42 | 21% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 10 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 10.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.8% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 11.1 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
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-Lambert
What is the population of Saint-Lambert?
262 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (262).
How old are Saint-Lambert’s residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Lambert?
16, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Lambert?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Lambert?
€24,050 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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