Couples with children: 39%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Subles, 3%. At the 2023 Census Subles was home to 690 people in 270 households. Households without a car make up about one in 91 here (1.1%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Subles
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 1.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Subles behind 53% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Calvados town +1%.
Half of Subles is under 42.6, younger than 61% 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
■ Subles 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Subles, 20%. About one in 11: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Subles (9.4%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. 1.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.5%. 22% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.8% moved in within the last two years. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
Median standard of living: €27,650 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,650 a year: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (36%), Subles is above just over two thirds of compared French towns. At 14%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in half of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 9.4% of 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).
Subles sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.8%)
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 0.1% in Subles and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In couples, 53% are married and 9.5% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 4.7% are widowed. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 graduates of higher education stands at 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Subles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subles | 42.6 | 20% | 1.5% | 0.8% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 3.1 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 5.9 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 10.6 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Villers-Bocage 3,088 · 12 mi | 49.4 | 31% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Rots 2,544 · 12.2 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Carpiquet 3,428 · 14.4 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
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 Subles
What is the population of Subles?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (663).
How old are Subles’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Subles?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Subles?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Subles?
€27,650 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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