In Biniville, 44% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Biniville, 3.8% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 16% of residents are 15 to 24. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker. At the 2023 Census, 118 people lived locally, in 43 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 Biniville
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Biniville, 13% of its 52 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Biniville’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Biniville, 1.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
4.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes are more common here than in 90% of compared French towns.
Biniville’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 52% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
Biniville is younger than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Biniville 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (17%), Biniville is below 83% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Biniville
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
Average household size: 2.7 people. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €26,260 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 €26,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Biniville: 33% of households are headed by a retired person, above 55% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Biniville ranks below 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.5%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Biniville. On average, 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 larger share of single residents than 72% of compared French towns: 28%
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
In Biniville, two in five residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 71% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Biniville. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 118 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Biniville is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biniville | 37.5 | 17% | 13% | 2.5% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 5.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 7.7 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 7.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 10 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 11.3 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 Biniville
What is the population of Biniville?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (113).
How old are Biniville’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Biniville?
7, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Biniville?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Biniville?
€26,260 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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