0.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 17%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Le Lorey is home to 555 residents in 240 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Le Lorey, 2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 3.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share 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 Le Lorey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Lorey had 612 residents at the 2012 census and 555 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 48 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.
Le Lorey changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of Le Lorey is under 42.2, younger than 64% 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
■ Le Lorey 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
At 10%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 4.1% of households are single parents
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
By its share of one-person households (31%), Le Lorey is below 73% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children stands at 33%. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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
15% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 7.4%. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,570 a year to live on
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 Le Lorey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 51% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. By way of comparison, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals stands at 0.4%. Typically, 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.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Le Lorey, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 79% of compared French towns
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 census found that 20% of adults out of school have no qualification in Le Lorey. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 555 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Le Lorey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Lorey | 42.2 | 17% | 7.4% | 0.7% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 2.6 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 5.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 7 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 8.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 8.8 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 9.9 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
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 Le Lorey
What is the population of Le Lorey?
555 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (612).
How old are Le Lorey’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Lorey?
23, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Lorey?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Lorey?
€24,570 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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