Flats make up 1.1% in Baudre, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of homes stand empty in Baudre. Its 260 households held 613 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 25% locally. At 5.7%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns.
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.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Baudre ahead of 82% 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 first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +14%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Baudre sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baudre 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Baudre has 20%. By contrast, with a median age of 44.4, Baudre is older than 52% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.5% of households are single parents in Baudre
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns.
Only 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Baudre
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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Baudre, 4.2%. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. 1.1% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €30,190 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.
Half of Baudre’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,190 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
45% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 11%, below just over two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly a third 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).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, below 90% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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 15% in Baudre, less than in 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 share of married residents is 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 42%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 613 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Baudre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baudre | 44.4 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 1.8 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 2.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 3.1 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 3.5 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 4.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Amand-Villages 2,525 · 6 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 Baudre
What is the population of Baudre?
613 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (533).
How old are Baudre’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baudre?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baudre?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baudre?
€30,190 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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