Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 6%
Households headed by a retired person: 42% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Half of Agneaux’s residents are over 49.8, older than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The town had 4,286 residents in 2,080 households at the 2023 census. Flats make up about one in five here (21%).
Throughout this page, the Manche 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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Agneaux behind 57% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Agneaux ranks above 82% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Agneaux 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, below 62% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 70% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 40%, above 70% of compared French towns. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 9% of homes stand empty
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
At 1.3%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Agneaux has more households in social housing than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 14%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 11% of households have no car.
A typical living standard of €27,630 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.
At €27,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns. 9.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 12%, a higher share than 64% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manual worker in Agneaux. Across the comparison, 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).
Immigrants: 3.2%, a lower share than 80% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Agneaux comes in at 2.1%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
Agneaux ranks above 86% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Single residents: 22%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 62% of compared French towns: 21%
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest 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 Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (37.1), the oldest Courseulles-sur-Mer (65.3).
No nearby town is as old as Agneaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agneaux | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 1.6 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 4.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 5.8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 5.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 7 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Amand-Villages 2,525 · 8.9 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 3.1% | 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 Agneaux
What is the population of Agneaux?
4,286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (4,155).
How old are Agneaux’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Agneaux?
29, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Agneaux?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 89 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Agneaux?
€27,630 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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