A median age of 56.6: Le Teilleul is older than 96% of compared French towns
Here 6.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 3.1%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,706 residents in 790 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 7.1% in Le Teilleul.
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 Teilleul
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Teilleul, 14% of its 1,150 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Teilleul’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Teilleul had 1,790 residents at the 2012 census and 1,706 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes stand empty, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Le Teilleul comes in at 7.4%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common second homes are in Le Teilleul (14%).
Le Teilleul changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 87% 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
Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Teilleul 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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%.
6.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
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
A household here holds 2 people on average. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Le Teilleul has fewer couples with children than 73% of compared French towns, at 20%. Meanwhile, 37% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%).
€23,480 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Le Teilleul is €23,480 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Le Teilleul sits above 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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 tops 73% of compared French towns: 18%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 69% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 7.6% of residents are immigrants in Le Teilleul. That is higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Le Teilleul: 50% of residents 15 and over are married, above 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Le Teilleul has 21%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 16% in Le Teilleul, less than in 96% 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 share of adults with no qualification is 35%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Le Teilleul is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Teilleul | 56.6 | 37% | 14% | 7.6% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 6.2 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 9.6 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 10.7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 11.4 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 11.6 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 12.8 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 Le Teilleul
What is the population of Le Teilleul?
1,706 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,790).
How old are Le Teilleul’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Teilleul?
160, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Teilleul?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Teilleul?
€23,480 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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