Nouainville: 39% of households are couples with children, above 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 0.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Nouainville’s population at 607, in 240 households. Locally, 0.7% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 1.9%, fewer than in 99% 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 Nouainville
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 2% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Nouainville had 470 residents at the 2012 census and 607 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Nouainville grew +29% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 96% 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%. The change was +28% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
In Nouainville, 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Nouainville 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are 65 or over in Nouainville. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 42.5, lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
The figure for single-parent households is 2% in Nouainville and 10% in the typical compared French town. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people.
Empty homes make up 2.9% in Nouainville, less than in 96% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6% (under two years). Fewer second homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 1.1%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €30,270 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.
The median standard of living in Nouainville is €30,270 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 27%, a lower share than 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Nouainville has 10%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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 median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. Here, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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%; Nouainville has 55%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
With graduates of higher education at 35%, Nouainville is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 607 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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.
Nouainville is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouainville | 42.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 2.6 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 5.4 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 9.7 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 10.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 12.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
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 Nouainville
What is the population of Nouainville?
607 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (470).
How old are Nouainville’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nouainville?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nouainville?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nouainville?
€30,270 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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