38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
In Couville, 1.5% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 3%. On households without a car, Couville sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%. Census day 2023: 1,249 residents and 500 households here.
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 Couville
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Couville had 1,030 residents at the 2012 census and 1,249 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Couville’s residents are under 37.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +21% change since 2012: Couville grew faster than 92% 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
The change was +11% from 2012 to 2017 and +9% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
A median age of 37.9: Couville is younger than 88% 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
■ Couville 37.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.3% in Couville. Residents aged 65 and over account for 16%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
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
Of all households, 8.4% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM). More second homes than in 55% of compared French towns: 2.5%.
A median of €29,180 a year per consumption unit
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 Couville’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,180 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 69% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Couville. The census found that a third of households are headed by a retired person here. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Couville ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.8%
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 16% in Couville, less than in 99% 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
With married residents at 51%, Couville is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (34%), Couville is above 62% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 1,249 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Couville is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couville | 37.9 | 16% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 6 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 6.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 6.8 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 8.4 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 9.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 15.4 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 Couville
What is the population of Couville?
1,249 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (1,030).
How old are Couville’s residents?
The median age is 37.9, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Couville?
13, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Couville?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Couville?
€29,180 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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