Photo: Romain Bréget · CC BY-SA 4.0Mortain-Bocage is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.7
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are couples with children in Mortain-Bocage. Higher than in 93% of compared French towns: 45% of households are headed by a retired person. This Manche town counted 2,961 residents and 1,400 households at the 2023 Census. Here, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Mortain-Bocage
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mortain-Bocage, 11% of its 1,910 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 75% 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 Mortain-Bocage’s residents are under 56.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mortain-Bocage had 3,171 residents at the 2012 census and 2,961 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 290 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.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty
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
The figure for flats is 22% in Mortain-Bocage and 30% in the typical compared French town. Second homes come to 11% locally, about one in ten. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 10% of households have no car. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 92% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
36% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mortain-Bocage 56.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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 lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 5%
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. More one-person households than in 62% of compared French towns: 38%. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,740 a year in 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.
Half of Mortain-Bocage’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,740 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 20.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.3% in Mortain-Bocage, less than in 91% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 19% in Mortain-Bocage and 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
Mortain-Bocage: 7.3% of residents are foreign nationals, above 71% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 7.7% in Mortain-Bocage.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mortain-Bocage ranks below 88% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Mortain-Bocage, 49%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
32% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 95% 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 graduates of higher education trails 88% of compared French towns: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,928 to 2,996 people, the 6th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Gorcy (40.5), the youngest, and Vimoutiers (60.1), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Mortain-Bocage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortain-Bocage | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 6.6 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 7.1 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 8.8 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 11 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 12.8 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 13.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
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 Mortain-Bocage
What is the population of Mortain-Bocage?
2,961 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (3,171).
How old are Mortain-Bocage’s residents?
The median age is 56.7, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mortain-Bocage?
210, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mortain-Bocage?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mortain-Bocage?
€23,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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