A lower share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 63 households in Beaucoudray at the 2023 Census, home to 136 residents. Here, 17% of residents are 65 or over. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Beaucoudray has 6.3%.
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 Beaucoudray
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaucoudray, 11% of its 84 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beaucoudray had 154 residents at the 2012 census and 136 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up about one in nine here (11%). As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −14%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of Beaucoudray is under 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaucoudray 41. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Beaucoudray sits below 83% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.7%)
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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are one person living alone in Beaucoudray. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Couples with children make up about one in four here (23%).
A median of €22,550 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,550 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 31% in Beaucoudray, more than in 99% 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
In Beaucoudray, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.1% of residents are immigrants in Beaucoudray
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up about one in 23 here (4.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, below 90% 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
Here 29% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Beaucoudray sits below 91% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
At 20%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Beaucoudray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucoudray | 41 | 17% | 11% | 5.1% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 3.9 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 6.2 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 7.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Torigny-les-Villes 4,444 · 8.5 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 1.1% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 9.4 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 10.1 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
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 Beaucoudray
What is the population of Beaucoudray?
136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (154).
How old are Beaucoudray’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaucoudray?
9, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaucoudray?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaucoudray?
€22,550 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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