La Haye-Malherbe ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.9%
Flats make up 5.3%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households account for 4.6%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. La Haye-Malherbe’s 640 households held 1,409 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 La Haye-Malherbe
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Haye-Malherbe had 1,492 residents at the 2012 census and 1,409 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 90% 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 median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six ±0%.
La Haye-Malherbe is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Haye-Malherbe 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in La Haye-Malherbe, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in La Haye-Malherbe, 31%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
0.9% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 84% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5% (under two years). On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Fewer households without a car than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 8.2%. Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town.
€28,410 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.
The median standard of living in La Haye-Malherbe is €28,410 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
In La Haye-Malherbe, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 81% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (19%), La Haye-Malherbe is above 78% of compared French towns. Add to that, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 64% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Haye-Malherbe ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.5%
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 0.4% in La Haye-Malherbe 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.
Single residents make up 19% in La Haye-Malherbe, less than in 94% 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
Married residents: 47%, above 79% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in La Haye-Malherbe, less than in 73% of compared French towns
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 trails two thirds of compared French towns: 26%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,409 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).
No nearby town is as old as La Haye-Malherbe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Haye-Malherbe | 47.3 | 24% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf 8,306 · 3.2 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 0.7% | 4.9% |
| Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 10,476 · 4.1 mi | 40.7 | 20% | 1% | 8% |
| Louviers 18,705 · 4.6 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 1.6% | 11% |
| Elbeuf 15,474 · 5 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1.3% | 14% |
| Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf 8,443 · 5.3 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
| Cléon 4,795 · 5.7 mi | 39.6 | 22% | 0.4% | 13% |
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 La Haye-Malherbe
What is the population of La Haye-Malherbe?
1,409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,492).
How old are La Haye-Malherbe’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Haye-Malherbe?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Haye-Malherbe?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Haye-Malherbe?
€28,410 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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