Only 2.5% of households have no car in Moulines
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 25% of households are headed by a manual worker. In 2023, the Census found 280 residents in Moulines, living in 120 households. By its share of one-person households (29%), Moulines is below just over 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 Moulines
Fewer residents than in 2012
Moulines had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 280 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Manche. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1%, a lower share than 97% 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
■ Moulines 48. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Moulines is 48, higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Moulines: 29% of households are couples with children, above 71% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Moulines ranks above 79% of compared French towns on second homes: 5.6%
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 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Moulines comes in at 8.5%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.4% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,760 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,760 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 87% 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
Put another way, about one in 12: 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Only 14% of residents 15 and over are single in Moulines
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 married residents is 43%; Moulines has 48%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 26% in Moulines and 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
41 French towns of 280 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Moulines, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulines | 48 | 23% | 5.6% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 3.7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 3.8 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 5.8 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 7 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 8.1 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 12.2 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
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 Moulines
What is the population of Moulines?
280 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Moulines’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moulines?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moulines?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moulines?
€24,760 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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