Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Héauville is over 53.4
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Héauville, 4.9%. At the 2023 Census, 456 people lived in the town, in 150 households. About one in 26: that is how common single-parent households are in Héauville (3.8%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Héauville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Héauville had 494 residents at the 2012 census and 456 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Héauville’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 94% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, a higher share than 93% 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
■ Héauville 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24 here. To put it in context, 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%.
A larger share of couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Héauville. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A town of second homes: 9.8% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Héauville, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
A median of €25,950 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,950 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 7%, a lower share than 90% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Héauville comes in at 35%. The town has more households headed by a manager or professional than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 17%. 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% 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.
Héauville sits below 60% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Héauville: 32% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 95% 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: 19% here and 30% in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 456 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Héauville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héauville | 53.4 | 35% | 9.8% | 1.4% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 4.3 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 5.4 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 8.8 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 9.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 15.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 17.4 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 Héauville
What is the population of Héauville?
456 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (494).
How old are Héauville’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Héauville?
19, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Héauville?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Héauville?
€25,950 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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