A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.3%
Households in social housing make up 2.3%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Gratot’s population at 679, in 300 households. About one in 13: that is how common second homes are in Gratot (7.7%). On households headed by a manual worker, Gratot sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 25%.
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 Gratot
An older town
Half of Gratot’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 55% 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 ±0% and the next six +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% in Gratot, less than in 94% 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
■ Gratot 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 50.9, Gratot is older than 86% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Here 8.5% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 52% of compared French towns.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households have no car
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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). On empty homes, Gratot sits higher than 56% of compared French towns: 7.2%.
Half above, half below €25,740 a year in standard of living
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 Gratot is €25,740 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
8.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 58% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.1% in Gratot. The usual figure: 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 89% 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.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Gratot, less than in 65% 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
Graduates of higher education are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 679 to 2,582 people, the 11th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Gratot
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratot | 50.9 | 27% | 7.7% | 2.3% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 2.8 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 4 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 4.5 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 5.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 7 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 11.6 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 Gratot
What is the population of Gratot?
679 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (656).
How old are Gratot’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gratot?
27, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gratot?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gratot?
€25,740 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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