A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
The share of households without a car trails 93% of compared French towns: 4.2%. The 2023 Census counted 381 residents in 170 households. About one in 33: that is how common single-parent households are in Lapenty (3%). Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Lapenty
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lapenty, 13% of its 230 homes: higher than in 90% 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
Lapenty had 416 residents at the 2012 census and 381 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty
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. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 13% of homes are second homes. Some 7.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 30% who have been there 30 years or more.
Lapenty changed by −8% from 2012 to 2023, behind 95% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −11%, then +3% to 2023.
Older than 63% of compared French towns: half of Lapenty is over 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lapenty 46. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 65 and over, Lapenty sits lower than 50% of compared French towns: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 75% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median of €23,230 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 Lapenty’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,230 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3%, a lower share than 97% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 24%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%. Locally, 45% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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.
About one in 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Lapenty (3.9%). 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Lapenty comes in at 52%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Adults with no qualification: 27% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 381 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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).
Around Lapenty, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapenty | 46 | 22% | 13% | 3.9% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 3.1 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 4 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 5.4 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 7.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 7.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 11.9 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
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 Lapenty
What is the population of Lapenty?
381 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (416).
How old are Lapenty’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lapenty?
30, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lapenty?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lapenty?
€23,230 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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