1.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Valorbiquet. The 2023 Census counted 2,439 residents in 1,020 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 1.7% locally. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 89% 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 Valorbiquet
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Valorbiquet, 11% of its 1,220 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
Second homes: 11%, a higher share than 89% 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
By its share of empty homes (5.1%), Valorbiquet is below 73% of compared French towns. The census found that 5.5% of households have no car in the town. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 69% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Calvados. Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Valorbiquet is over 47.4, older than 71% 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
■ Valorbiquet 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 5.4% of households are single parents
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 2.3 people on average. 32% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 84% of compared French towns. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,910 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.
The median standard of living in Valorbiquet is €24,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 9.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 65% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
Households headed by a retired person: nearly a third of the total. In the typical compared French town, nearly 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 Valorbiquet, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Valorbiquet has 46%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Valorbiquet
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Valorbiquet (20%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,439 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Valorbiquet and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valorbiquet | 47.4 | 24% | 11% | 1.4% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 6.4 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 6.8 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 10.8 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 12.5 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 15 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 16.6 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
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 Valorbiquet
What is the population of Valorbiquet?
2,439 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,436).
How old are Valorbiquet’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valorbiquet?
140, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valorbiquet?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valorbiquet?
€24,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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