37% of households are couples with children, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Bricquebosq, 17% of households are headed by a retired person. Census day 2023: 638 residents and 260 households in the town. The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 91% of compared French towns: 15%.
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 Bricquebosq
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 5.8% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bricquebosq’s population changed by +15% since 2012, more than in 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
Over those years, the median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +9% to 2023.
Bricquebosq ranks below 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bricquebosq 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bricquebosq is 39.3, lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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 10% in the typical compared French town, 5.8% of households are single parents in Bricquebosq. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Bricquebosq sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.9%)
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 6.3%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.5%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,710 a year in standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,710 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 make up 15%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%
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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 53% in Bricquebosq. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer 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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (638 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Bricquebosq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bricquebosq | 39.3 | 15% | 2.5% | 0.2% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 4.6 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 5.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 8.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 8.8 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 11.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 14 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 Bricquebosq
What is the population of Bricquebosq?
638 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (555).
How old are Bricquebosq’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bricquebosq?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bricquebosq?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.2% 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 Bricquebosq?
€26,710 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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