A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.4%
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Gorges, 39%. For Gorges, the census puts households without a car at 3.2%. This Manche town has more single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns, at 13%. The 2023 Census counted 350 residents in 160 households.
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 Gorges
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gorges, 20% of its 240 homes: higher than in 93% 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 (14%): 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 larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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. Across Gorges, 14% of homes stand empty. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+1% since 2012: slower than 66% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of Gorges is under 43.6, younger than 53% 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
■ Gorges 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Gorges has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 57% of compared French towns, at 21%. Across Gorges, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 81% of compared French towns: 29%
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. 26% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
€23,930 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,930 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 9.7% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
In Gorges, 6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% 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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns. The census found that 7.1% of residents are immigrants in Gorges. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 78% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Gorges has 41%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 75% 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
Put another way, about one in five: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (350 to 2,582 people), the 15th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Gorges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorges | 43.6 | 21% | 20% | 7.1% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 7.8 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 8 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 8.3 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 8.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 10.8 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 12.8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
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 Gorges
What is the population of Gorges?
350 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (347).
How old are Gorges’ residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gorges?
46, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gorges?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gorges?
€23,930 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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