A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 23%
Households without a car: 26% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 6.2%, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 23,014 residents in 10,460 households. Locally, nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe 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 Le Moule
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 1,550 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Moule, 11% of its 13,790 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 63% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 1,780 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Moule ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
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
With empty homes at 13%, Le Moule is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have so few flats: 20% here, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%.
Le Moule changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 64% 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 Guadeloupe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six +4%.
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of Le Moule is over 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Moule 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over: 22%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Guadeloupe median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 39%, above two thirds of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Households headed by a retired person: 30%, a lower share than 63% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 13% of the total. 6.2% of Le Moule’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Moule: 6.3% of residents are foreign nationals, above 66% 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.
That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 44%, a higher 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Le Moule comes in at 32%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Le Moule sits above 98% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (36%)
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
In Le Moule, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 22,109 to 24,022 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.
Ages run from 33 in Loos to 52.5 in Challans.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Le Moule
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Moule | 46.9 | 22% | 11% | 5.6% |
| Saint-François 13,942 · 7.2 mi | 48.1 | 22% | 34% | 6.2% |
| Morne-à-l'Eau 16,228 · 7.5 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 4.6% | 3.1% |
| Sainte-Anne 23,973 · 7.8 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 24% | 5.3% |
| Petit-Canal 8,212 · 10.2 mi | 48.5 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.6% |
| Les Abymes 51,055 · 11.5 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.7% | 7.7% |
| Le Gosier 27,757 · 13.1 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 19% | 7.2% |
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 Le Moule
What is the population of Le Moule?
23,014 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (22,689).
How old are Le Moule’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Moule?
1,550, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Moule?
INSEE counts 1,300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 1,450 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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