Fleury ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1%
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are 65 or over in Fleury. The 2023 Census counted 1,101 residents in 450 households. Put another way, about one in four: 26% of households are one person living alone. 6.8% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 82% 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 Fleury
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Fleury has grown +10%, faster than 68% 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 median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +6%.
Half of Fleury is under 39.8, younger than 80% 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
■ Fleury 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 10%, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
4.7% of households have no car, below 90% 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. A fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.2% moved in within the last two years. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, 6.6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,570 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.
Half of Fleury’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 74% of compared French towns: 18%
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
35% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Fleury has more households headed by a manager or professional than 54% of compared French towns, at 10%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Fleury, 2%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fleury sits below 61% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (27%)
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Fleury. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,101 to 2,582
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.
Fleury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleury | 39.8 | 17% | 6.8% | 2.2% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 5.9 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 10.8 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 10.9 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 12.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 12.2 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
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 Fleury
What is the population of Fleury?
1,101 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,005).
How old are Fleury’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fleury?
35, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fleury?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fleury?
€26,570 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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