Céaux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.6%
Single-parent households: 5.4% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. About one in 26: that is how common households without a car are in Céaux (3.8%). With a median age of 47.1, Céaux is older than 70% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 414 residents locally, living in 190 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 Céaux
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Céaux, 14% of its 240 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Céaux had 437 residents at the 2012 census and 414 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Céaux sits above 91% of compared French towns for second homes (14%)
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 Céaux, 8.1% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 3.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 89% 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 change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 67% of compared French towns: 9.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Céaux 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
27% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Households average 2.2 people. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€26,150 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,150 a year: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Céaux ranks below 64% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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
Here 8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Céaux ranks below 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.7%
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 49% in Céaux, more than in 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Céaux has 22%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Céaux, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Here, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 414 to 2,582
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.
Céaux is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Céaux | 47.1 | 21% | 14% | 2.7% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 3.6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 4.6 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 7.4 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
| Saint-James 5,018 · 7.8 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 8.8 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 9.4 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
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 Céaux
What is the population of Céaux?
414 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (437).
How old are Céaux’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Céaux?
35, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Céaux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Céaux?
€26,150 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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