Couples with children: 37%, a higher share than 96% of compared French towns
Here 3.9% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The census found that 1.4% of homes are flats in Méautis. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 3.6% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. This Manche town had 648 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census.
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 Méautis
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012: slower than 75% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −1% to 2023.
Méautis ranks below 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Méautis 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Méautis is 47.7, higher than in 73% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Méautis, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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 2.4 people on average. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 4.7%, more than in 75% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,180 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.
Living standards centre on €26,180 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Méautis sits above 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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
Households headed by a retired person: nearly a third of the total. To put it in context, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Here 53% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification in Méautis. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 648 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Méautis and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méautis | 47.7 | 22% | 4.7% | 1.4% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 3.3 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 8.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 8.8 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 9.3 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 11.4 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 12.2 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
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 Méautis
What is the population of Méautis?
648 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (656).
How old are Méautis’ residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Méautis?
14, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Méautis?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Méautis?
€26,180 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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