Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. La Bloutière had 423 residents in 190 households at the 2023 census. The share of single-parent households stands at 5.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; La Bloutière has 6%.
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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves La Bloutière behind 58% 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 median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six −1%.
Older than 69% of compared French towns: half of La Bloutière is over 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Bloutière 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 24% in La Bloutière, less than in 58% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
4.6% of households have no car, below 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 31%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in La Bloutière, 10%.
A typical living standard of €23,400 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,400 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 42%, a higher share than 88% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). By way of comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Bloutière ranks below 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.3%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, La Bloutière has 3.3%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Here 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Bloutière
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
In La Bloutière, 29% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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.
La Bloutière is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bloutière | 46.9 | 25% | 6% | 3.3% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 2.7 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 4 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 10.3 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 11.6 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 12.6 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 12.7 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
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 La Bloutière
What is the population of La Bloutière?
423 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (411).
How old are La Bloutière’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bloutière?
14, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bloutière?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bloutière?
€23,400 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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