Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Granville is over 58.9
By its share of couples with children (9.2%), Granville is below 99% of compared French towns. More flats than in 84% of compared French towns: 60%. The town had 12,510 residents in 7,080 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, just over half of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Granville
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 2,490 second homes and occasional dwellings in Granville, 25% of its 10,110 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 31% 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 Granville’s residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
55% of Granville’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 41% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 25% 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
The figure for households in social housing is 16% in Granville and 12% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 22%. At 5.3%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 84% of compared French towns: Granville changed by −4% since 2012
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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 41% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Granville 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 60% of compared French towns: 10%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 55%
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
Each household has 1.7 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.6%. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,680 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.
The median standard of living in Granville is €25,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 15.0%.
8.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 85% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.5%, Granville is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Granville sits below 82% of compared French towns for immigrants (3%)
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 83% 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 Granville, 28%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 24%, a higher share than 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Granville has 27%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 12,241 to 12,810
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 Villetaneuse (33.2), the youngest, and Andernos-les-Bains (60), the oldest.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Granville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granville | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 0.8 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 2.3 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 4.8 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 8.3 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 10.9 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 14.3 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
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 Granville
What is the population of Granville?
12,510 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (13,021).
How old are Granville’s residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Granville?
2,490, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Granville?
INSEE counts 370 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Granville?
€25,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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