Sallenelles ranks below 97% of compared French towns on flats: 4%
Households in social housing make up 2.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children. With a median age of 49.9, Sallenelles is older than 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Sallenelles was home to 287 people in 130 households.
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 Sallenelles
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sallenelles, 13% of its 170 homes: higher than in 90% 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
Sallenelles had 309 residents at the 2012 census and 287 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are second homes
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
7.5% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). In Sallenelles, 9.2% of homes stand empty. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Sallenelles’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 93% 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
In two steps, −5% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Calvados.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sallenelles 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 59% 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
In Sallenelles, just over one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Half above, half below €28,760 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €28,760 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 41%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 7.4%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Sallenelles, 1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 85% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 287 to 2,582 people
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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Sallenelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallenelles | 49.9 | 27% | 13% | 1.7% |
| Ouistreham 9,212 · 1.9 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 25% | 2.8% |
| Colleville-Montgomery 2,586 · 3.2 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 14% | 2.1% |
| Blainville-sur-Orne 6,106 · 4 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1% | 4% |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer 3,323 · 4.2 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 30% | 1.9% |
| Biéville-Beuville 3,840 · 4.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 3.1% |
| Cabourg 3,725 · 5.1 mi | 63.9 | 48% | 79% | 4.1% |
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 Sallenelles
What is the population of Sallenelles?
287 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (309).
How old are Sallenelles’ residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sallenelles?
23, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sallenelles?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sallenelles?
€28,760 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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