Flats: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 9.8%. At the 2023 Census Baupte was home to 436 people in 200 households. Single-parent households account for 4.9%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Baupte
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 8.8% rent privately and 62% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 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 change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 9.5% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baupte 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.8, Baupte is older than 55% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 27% in Baupte, more than in 59% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. On the census count, 34% of households are one person living alone. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Baupte, 28% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 91% 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
Turnover: 5.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.3% here, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. The figure for second homes is 3.7% in Baupte and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,870 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 residents live in households above €23,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Baupte ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 34%
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Baupte ranks below 96% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Baupte, 1.5%. Set beside that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Baupte, 11% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
With adults with no qualification at 28%, Baupte is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 436 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
No nearby town is as young as Baupte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baupte | 44.8 | 24% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 6.1 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 7.1 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 9.1 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 12.4 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 12.4 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
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 Baupte
What is the population of Baupte?
436 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (450).
How old are Baupte’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baupte?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baupte?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baupte?
€23,870 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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