In Dragey-Ronthon, 37% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Dragey-Ronthon was home to 785 people in 380 households. Flats account for 0.6%. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of households are single parents 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 Dragey-Ronthon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 240 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dragey-Ronthon, 37% of its 660 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Dragey-Ronthon’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 67% of compared French towns, at 8%
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
Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the last two years, 8.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 18% have stayed 30 years or more.
Dragey-Ronthon’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 78% 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 +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Dragey-Ronthon is over 52.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dragey-Ronthon 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of Dragey-Ronthon’s residents are 65 or older, against 29% in the median Manche town and 22% in the median compared French town; 19% are under 18. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 6.9%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 23%, a lower share than 59% 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 36%, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,740 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,740 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Dragey-Ronthon sits above 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (41%)
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
6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 55% of compared French towns: 13%. Against that, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Here, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 19% in Dragey-Ronthon, less than in 96% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Dragey-Ronthon. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Dragey-Ronthon sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 785 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Dragey-Ronthon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragey-Ronthon | 52.4 | 31% | 37% | 2.8% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 2.8 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 6.6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 7.1 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Granville 12,510 · 9.4 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 10 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 11.2 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
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 Dragey-Ronthon
What is the population of Dragey-Ronthon?
785 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (802).
How old are Dragey-Ronthon’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dragey-Ronthon?
240, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dragey-Ronthon?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dragey-Ronthon?
€26,740 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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