Digosville sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.4%)
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.9% of households have no car here. At the 2023 Census Digosville was home to 1,681 people in 710 households. Locally, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. 3.1% of homes stand empty, fewer 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.
Digosville’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 73% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of Digosville is over 46.6, older than 67% 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
■ Digosville 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Digosville. 21% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Digosville, 5.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Digosville has 32%. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Second homes make up 8.6% in Digosville, more than in 86% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 26%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
€29,360 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,360 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Digosville: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 61% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Digosville. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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.
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Digosville sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Digosville has 55%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Across Digosville, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 1,681 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 2 of 5 towns have older populations than Digosville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digosville | 46.6 | 21% | 8.6% | 0.9% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 4.6 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 9.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 11.9 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 12.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 15.5 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
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 Digosville
What is the population of Digosville?
1,681 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,511).
How old are Digosville’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Digosville?
69, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Digosville?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Digosville?
€29,360 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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