A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 27%
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Huisnes-sur-Mer has 6.2%. This Manche town had 169 residents in 80 households at the 2023 census. Across Huisnes-sur-Mer, 9.6% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing 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 Huisnes-sur-Mer
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Huisnes-sur-Mer, 27% of its 130 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Huisnes-sur-Mer had 206 residents at the 2012 census and 169 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 4.8%, a lower 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2.4% moved in within the last two years. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Huisnes-sur-Mer changed by −18% since 2012
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 −10%, then −9% to 2023.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 76% 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
■ Huisnes-sur-Mer 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.5, Huisnes-sur-Mer is older than three fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Huisnes-sur-Mer sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (18%)
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
The share of couples with children tops 73% of compared French towns: 29%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. One-person households account for 35%.
Standard of living at the median: €25,860 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.
The median standard of living in Huisnes-sur-Mer is €25,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 67% of compared French towns: 29%. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 61% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.6%). That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Huisnes-sur-Mer has 41%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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 make up 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Huisnes-sur-Mer
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huisnes-sur-Mer | 45.5 | 18% | 27% | 5.6% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 4.5 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 6.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 7.6 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Saint-James 5,018 · 7.6 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 9.6 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Val-Couesnon 4,072 · 11.4 mi | 51 | 30% | 8.5% | 2.9% |
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 Huisnes-sur-Mer
What is the population of Huisnes-sur-Mer?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (206).
How old are Huisnes-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Huisnes-sur-Mer?
34, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Huisnes-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Huisnes-sur-Mer?
€25,860 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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