In Gathemo, 1.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 1.4% in Gathemo. The census found that 3.9% of households are single parents here. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 26%, more than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 265 residents and 120 households locally.
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 Gathemo
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gathemo, 23% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of homes stand empty.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 80% 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 −10% and the next six +8%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gathemo 48. The median compared French town: 44.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Meanwhile, with a median age of 48, Gathemo is older than 74% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Gathemo, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. Gathemo has more couples with children than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 28%. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €22,010 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 residents live in households above €22,010 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 49% in Gathemo, more than in 97% 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
In Gathemo, 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a third 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 84% of compared French towns, at 11%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are immigrants in Gathemo. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 76% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Gathemo, 62% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Gathemo, 16%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Graduates of higher education: 20% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 265 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Gathemo
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gathemo | 48 | 29% | 23% | 11% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 3.9 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 5.3 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 6.1 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 10.2 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 11.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 12.5 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
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 Gathemo
What is the population of Gathemo?
265 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (272).
How old are Gathemo’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gathemo?
46, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gathemo?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gathemo?
€22,010 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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