Below 96% of compared French towns: 4.6% of homes are flats
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24 here. In 2023, the Census found 993 residents in La Meauffe, living in 450 households. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. At 4.2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 93% 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 La Meauffe
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Meauffe had 1,078 residents at the 2012 census and 993 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% 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
Over those years, the median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Meauffe 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of La Meauffe’s residents are over 48, older than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Couples with children make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
La Meauffe sits below 92% of compared French towns for second homes (0.6%)
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 6.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Fewer households in social housing than in 69% of compared French towns: 8.4%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6%.
The median resident lives on €25,300 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 La Meauffe’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,300 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
In La Meauffe, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 79% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, La Meauffe has 17%. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 8.9% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third 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).
0.6% 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.
In La Meauffe, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in La Meauffe
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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 993 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than La Meauffe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Meauffe | 48 | 28% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 3.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 3.9 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 7.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 8.1 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 8.2 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 8.7 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 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 Meauffe
What is the population of La Meauffe?
993 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,078).
How old are La Meauffe’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Meauffe?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Meauffe?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Meauffe?
€25,300 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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