A median age of 56.8: Ver-sur-Mer is older than 96% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 97% of compared French towns: 49%. 4.7% of homes are flats. At 3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Ver-sur-Mer is home to 1,581 residents in 740 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Ver-sur-Mer
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 390 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ver-sur-Mer, 33% of its 1,190 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Ver-sur-Mer’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
33% of homes in Ver-sur-Mer 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
18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.2% moved in within the last two years. At 1.4%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 98% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 5.4%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Ver-sur-Mer changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Calvados town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Ver-sur-Mer sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ver-sur-Mer 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Ver-sur-Mer. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
4.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 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
Households here average 2.1 people each. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 30% here, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. On top of that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Ver-sur-Mer.
A median of €28,260 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,260 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Ver-sur-Mer, 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns
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
Across Ver-sur-Mer, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 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.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
The figure for married residents is 55% in Ver-sur-Mer and 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 69% of compared French towns: 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Ver-sur-Mer. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 1,581 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Ver-sur-Mer, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ver-sur-Mer | 56.8 | 37% | 33% | 1.7% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 3.1 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Douvres-la-Délivrande 5,143 · 7.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3% | 4% |
| Luc-sur-Mer 3,275 · 7.7 mi | 56.9 | 37% | 27% | 2.5% |
| Rots 2,544 · 8.7 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 9.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 9.2 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
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 Ver-sur-Mer
What is the population of Ver-sur-Mer?
1,581 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,578).
How old are Ver-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ver-sur-Mer?
390, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ver-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ver-sur-Mer?
€28,260 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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