Le Mesnil-Rouxelin ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.9%
Households without a car: 3.1% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Le Mesnil-Rouxelin counted 469 residents and 200 households at the 2023 Census. Across Le Mesnil-Rouxelin, 2.5% of households are single parents. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 40%, more than in 84% 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 Mesnil-Rouxelin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Mesnil-Rouxelin had 522 residents at the 2012 census and 469 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Mesnil-Rouxelin’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Le Mesnil-Rouxelin changed by −10% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Half of Le Mesnil-Rouxelin is over 52.2, older than 89% 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 Mesnil-Rouxelin 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Le Mesnil-Rouxelin, 29% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. At 6.8%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Le Mesnil-Rouxelin ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 23%
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
7.3% of homes stand empty, more than in 56% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 36%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Second homes: 2.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €30,850 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.
At €30,850 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns: 10%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (12%), Le Mesnil-Rouxelin is above 66% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
1.1% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
61% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 just over one in ten residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Le Mesnil-Rouxelin, 34%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 469 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Le Mesnil-Rouxelin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mesnil-Rouxelin | 52.2 | 29% | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 2 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 2.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 6.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 6.7 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 6.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 7.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
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 Mesnil-Rouxelin
What is the population of Le Mesnil-Rouxelin?
469 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (522).
How old are Le Mesnil-Rouxelin’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Mesnil-Rouxelin?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Mesnil-Rouxelin?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% 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 Mesnil-Rouxelin?
€30,850 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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