Carolles is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.5
Households headed by a retired person: 61% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Carolles’s population at 774, in 400 households. Empty homes account for 2.5%. 13% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 95% of compared French towns.
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 Carolles
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 640 second homes and occasional dwellings in Carolles, 60% of its 1,060 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Carolles’ residents are under 61.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Carolles sits above 98% of compared French towns for second homes (60%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Carolles, 0.5%. Flats are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%.
−4% since 2012: slower than 84% 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 −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
In Carolles, 43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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
■ Carolles 61.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Carolles. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are single parents
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
On average, 2 people share a household. Fewer one-person households than in 53% of compared French towns: 34%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A typical living standard of €29,030 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,030 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
In Carolles, 7.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 88% 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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5.3% in Carolles. 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 72% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.9% in Carolles and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
The figure for married residents is 52% in Carolles and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 774 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Carolles is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolles | 61.5 | 43% | 60% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 3.8 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 4.8 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Granville 12,510 · 6 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 6.7 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 10.1 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 10.6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
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 Carolles
What is the population of Carolles?
774 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (804).
How old are Carolles’ residents?
The median age is 61.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carolles?
640, with occasional dwellings: 60% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carolles?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carolles?
€29,030 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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