Only 1% of homes are flats in Équilly
One-person households make up 19%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. 194 residents in 81 households: that is Équilly at the 2023 Census. Across Équilly, 2.5% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Équilly
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Équilly, 16% of its 99 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
16% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%.
Équilly grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 66% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Manche town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
In Équilly, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Équilly 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Équilly is older than 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Équilly, 6.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 31%.
Median standard of living: €24,400 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.
The median standard of living in Équilly is €24,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Équilly, 25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Équilly. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 66% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 81% of compared French towns: 3.1% of residents are immigrants
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 make up 1.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 60% of residents 15 and over are married
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Équilly. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Équilly sits below 69% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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 census found that 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Équilly. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (194 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Équilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Équilly | 45 | 19% | 16% | 3.1% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 6.7 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 7.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 7.6 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 8.2 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 8.7 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Granville 12,510 · 8.9 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
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 Équilly
What is the population of Équilly?
194 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (178).
How old are Équilly’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Équilly?
16, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Équilly?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Équilly?
€24,400 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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