Half of Helleville is under 35.1, younger than 96% of compared French towns
With one-person households at 18%, Helleville is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The 2023 Census counted 567 residents in 200 households. Across Helleville, 2% of households have no car. Fewer empty homes than in 86% of compared French towns: 4.1%.
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 Helleville
A town of families
54% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Helleville’s residents are under 35.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 7.7% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Helleville had 475 residents at the 2012 census and 567 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+19% since 2012, a pace 89% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Manche town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
In Helleville, 7.7% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Helleville 35.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 14%, Helleville is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 54% in Helleville, more than in 99% 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
5.1% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. The average household has 2.9 people.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Helleville, 6%. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,650 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,650 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Only 10% of households are headed by a retired person in Helleville
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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 36% in Helleville. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Helleville, 1.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Helleville. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% 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.
In Helleville, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns, at 13%
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. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 567 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 35.1 in Helleville to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Helleville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helleville | 35.1 | 7.7% | 6% | 1.1% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 3.3 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 6.6 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 8.6 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 9 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 14.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 16.1 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 Helleville
What is the population of Helleville?
567 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (475).
How old are Helleville’s residents?
The median age is 35.1, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 7.7% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Helleville?
13, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Helleville?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Helleville?
€30,650 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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