Households without a car: 1.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Golleville has 50%. Empty homes come to 10% here, about one in ten. At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. 163 residents in 69 households: that is Golleville at the 2023 Census.
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 Golleville
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 12% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Golleville had 177 residents at the 2012 census and 163 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012: slower than 94% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
A median age of 49.5: Golleville is older than 81% 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
■ Golleville 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails four fifths of compared French towns: 9.1%. Residents aged 65 and over: 28% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Golleville, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 94% 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
7.1% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
100% of homes are houses
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. On second homes, 2.5% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,610 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.
At €26,610 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Golleville. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 50% in Golleville, more than in 92% 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, the share of single residents is 25%; Golleville has 27%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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: 22%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Golleville, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golleville | 49.5 | 28% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 5.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 6.2 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 6.6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 9.2 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 10.4 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 10.8 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 2.4% |
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 Golleville
What is the population of Golleville?
163 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (177).
How old are Golleville’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Golleville?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Golleville?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Golleville?
€26,610 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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