34% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing: 0.2% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Coudeville-sur-Mer had 887 residents in 400 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 2.4% of homes are flats. The median age here is 49.3, higher than in four fifths 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 Coudeville-sur-Mer
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Coudeville-sur-Mer, 34% of its 660 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Coudeville-sur-Mer sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.2%)
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, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Coudeville-sur-Mer has 5%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%.
Slower growth than 67% of compared French towns: Coudeville-sur-Mer changed by +1% since 2012
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 81% 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
■ Coudeville-sur-Mer 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Coudeville-sur-Mer has 9.2%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
4.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 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
Households here average 2.2 people each. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. Still, with couples with children at 28%, Coudeville-sur-Mer is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count.
Standard of living at the median: €26,940 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.
Living standards centre on €26,940 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Coudeville-sur-Mer has 37%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.8% of residents are immigrants in Coudeville-sur-Mer
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.6%), Coudeville-sur-Mer is below 85% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Coudeville-sur-Mer ranks above 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 49%
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 82% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest 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.
Coudeville-sur-Mer and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudeville-sur-Mer | 49.3 | 28% | 34% | 2.8% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 1.3 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 2.9 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Granville 12,510 · 3.6 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 5.1 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 7.4 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 9.4 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
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 Coudeville-sur-Mer
What is the population of Coudeville-sur-Mer?
887 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (881).
How old are Coudeville-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coudeville-sur-Mer?
220, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coudeville-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coudeville-sur-Mer?
€26,940 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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