In Le Petit-Celland, 1.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Le Petit-Celland is home to 176 residents in 85 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 1.6% locally. With a median age of 49, Le Petit-Celland is older than nearly four fifths 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 Petit-Celland
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Petit-Celland, 14% of its 130 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
Le Petit-Celland had 197 residents at the 2012 census and 176 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Le Petit-Celland has 14%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A change of −11% since 2012 leaves Le Petit-Celland behind 98% 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 −7%.
In Le Petit-Celland, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 71% 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 Petit-Celland 49. The median compared French town: 44.
In Le Petit-Celland, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of couples with children than 73% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Here just over one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 41%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,650 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.
Living standards centre on €25,650 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Le Petit-Celland sits above 84% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (18%)
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
In Le Petit-Celland, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, on households headed by a manual worker, Le Petit-Celland sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 12%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 92% of compared French towns: 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up 3.4%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Le Petit-Celland sits above 86% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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 single residents is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Le Petit-Celland ranks below 93% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 17%
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Le Petit-Celland has 23%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 176 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Le Petit-Celland
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Petit-Celland | 49 | 26% | 14% | 3.4% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 5.6 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 6.3 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 6.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 9.3 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 9.6 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 9.8 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
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 Petit-Celland
What is the population of Le Petit-Celland?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (197).
How old are Le Petit-Celland’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Petit-Celland?
18, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Petit-Celland?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Petit-Celland?
€25,650 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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