Half of Hambye is over 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%. There were 560 households in Hambye at the 2023 Census, home to 1,072 residents. Across Hambye, 3.7% of homes are flats. More one-person households than in 80% of compared French towns: 43%.
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 Hambye
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hambye, 14% of its 780 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hambye had 1,196 residents at the 2012 census and 1,072 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Hambye’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 14%, a higher share than 90% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Hambye, 15%. Empty homes are more common here than in 95% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households in social housing stands at 10%.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Hambye: −10%
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 those years, the median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −7% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hambye 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 32% of residents are 65 or over in Hambye. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Hambye sits below 84% of compared French towns for couples with children (17%)
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 1.9 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.9%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,100 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,100 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Hambye has 41%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 64% of compared French towns: 5%
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.
Locally, 4.5% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns, at 30%
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: 19% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,072 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Hambye is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambye | 54.4 | 32% | 14% | 5% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 4 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 7.8 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 8.8 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 9.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 10.8 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 11.1 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 Hambye
What is the population of Hambye?
1,072 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,196).
How old are Hambye’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hambye?
110, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hambye?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hambye?
€24,100 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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