Half of Ger is over 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 52% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 1.4% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Ger had 824 residents in 400 households at the 2023 census. Single-parent households: 4.9% of the total.
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 Ger
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ger, 15% of its 560 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Ger’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 71 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 15% of its homes
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Ger comes in at 13%. Fewer households without a car than in 64% of compared French towns: 8.4%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. About one in ten: that is how common households in social housing are in Ger (10%).
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Ger behind 73% 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: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Ger sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.6%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ger 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 88% of compared French towns: 31%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 84% 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
40% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). On average, 2 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
€21,820 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €21,820 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, a higher share than 82% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.4% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 76% of compared French towns
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.
Immigrants: 8.6% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For foreign nationals, the comparison 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.
Ger sits below 95% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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 Ger, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Ger
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
Adults with no qualification make up 33%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 824 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Ger is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ger | 54.6 | 31% | 15% | 8.6% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 6 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 6.5 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 7.6 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 9.1 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Flers 14,432 · 11.4 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 11.7 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
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 Ger
What is the population of Ger?
824 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (831).
How old are Ger’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ger?
86, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ger?
INSEE counts 71 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.6% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ger?
€21,820 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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