Half of Genêts is over 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 0.4%, below 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 451 residents in Genêts, living in 250 households. Census figures put flats at 3% here. 13% of households are couples with children, 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.
What stands out about the people of Genêts
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Genêts, 35% of its 410 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Genêts’ residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Genêts sits above 96% of compared French towns for second homes (35%)
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
The share of households without a car trails 57% of compared French towns: 9.4%. About one in 23: that is how common empty homes are in Genêts (4.4%). By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +9% change since 2012: Genêts grew faster than 67% 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 +5% and the next six +4%.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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
■ Genêts 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 6.9% in Genêts. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 45% of households are one person living alone
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 1.8 people on average. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,380 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.
Living standards centre on €24,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Genêts: 61% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% 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 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Genêts. On average, 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 smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Set beside that, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
In Genêts, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 28% in Genêts, more than in 86% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Genêts comes in at 24%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (451 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Genêts
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genêts | 60.1 | 39% | 35% | 1.6% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 4.5 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 5.6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 9.1 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 9.2 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 9.9 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Granville 12,510 · 11.5 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 Genêts
What is the population of Genêts?
451 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (413).
How old are Genêts’ residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Genêts?
140, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Genêts?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Genêts?
€24,380 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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