Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
Households without a car make up 2.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 928 people lived in Hardinvast, in 390 households. Across Hardinvast, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24. One-person households are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Hardinvast
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hardinvast grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 50% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, a lower share than 63% 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
■ Hardinvast 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Hardinvast’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Hardinvast, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% 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
Households average 2.4 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. 3.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns.
Hardinvast ranks below 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 1.7%
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
Some 6.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 30% who have been there 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Hardinvast, 2.2% of homes are second homes.
Half above, half below €30,480 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,480 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 61% of compared French towns: 11%
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 retired person make up 34%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 59% of compared French towns: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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).
Immigrants: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
By its share of married residents (54%), Hardinvast is above 98% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Hardinvast
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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 928 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Hardinvast, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardinvast | 44.7 | 20% | 2.2% | 0.3% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 4.1 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 7.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 8.2 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 8.9 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 9.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 17.2 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 Hardinvast
What is the population of Hardinvast?
928 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (885).
How old are Hardinvast’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hardinvast?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hardinvast?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hardinvast?
€30,480 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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