Couples with children: 36%, a higher share than 94% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 170 households in Breuville at the 2023 Census, home to 406 residents. Locally, 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
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 Breuville
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Breuville grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 59% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Manche town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Breuville is under 41.5, younger than 69% 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
■ Breuville 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24 in Breuville.
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%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 99% 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
Single-parent households make up 6.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
A lower share of empty homes than 81% of compared French towns, at 4.5%
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 8% in Breuville. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
At the median, €27,920 a year to live on
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 €27,920 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 6% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person: 34% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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).
0.5% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
By its share of married residents (49%), Breuville is above 89% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Breuville ranks below 86% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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 Breuville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuville | 41.5 | 18% | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 4.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 6.5 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 7.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 9.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 9.4 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| 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 Breuville
What is the population of Breuville?
406 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (380).
How old are Breuville’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Breuville?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Breuville?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% 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 Breuville?
€27,920 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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