A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
In Benoîtville, 26% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 1.8%. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a retired person. The 2023 Census counted 640 residents in 270 households.
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 Benoîtville
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 54% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
In Benoîtville, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Benoîtville 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.3, Benoîtville is younger than 63% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.4%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Benoîtville, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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 share of single-parent households is 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Benoîtville, 8.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 87% 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
A fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. With empty homes at 4.8%, Benoîtville is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count.
Standard of living at the median: €27,050 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 €27,050 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Benoîtville, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 76% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.6% in Benoîtville.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Benoîtville, less than in 86% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 30% in Benoîtville. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 640 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Benoîtville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoîtville | 42.3 | 16% | 8.7% | 0.7% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 2.1 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 7.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 8.5 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 10 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 13.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 14.3 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 2.4% |
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 Benoîtville
What is the population of Benoîtville?
640 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (606).
How old are Benoîtville’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benoîtville?
28, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benoîtville?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benoîtville?
€27,050 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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