0.4% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Ouville has 1.9%. Single-parent households make up about one in 40 here (2.5%). Few places have as many second homes: 9.4% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 439 residents in 200 households.
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.
−2% since 2012: slower than 80% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Ouville sits below 85% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ouville 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.7, Ouville is older than 61% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 81% of compared French towns: 29%
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Few places have as many couples with children: 26% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Ouville ranks above 70% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8.6%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%.
€24,970 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,970 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Ouville has 39%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across Ouville, 7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.6% in Ouville, less than in 95% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.2%, below 91% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
Single residents make up 22% in Ouville, less than in 79% 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 Ouville, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Fewer adults with no qualification than in just over half of compared French towns: 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
20th highest median age among 41 French towns of 439 to 2,582
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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Ouville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouville | 45.7 | 26% | 9.4% | 1.6% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 4 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 5.2 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 10.2 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 10.7 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
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 Ouville
What is the population of Ouville?
439 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (450).
How old are Ouville’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ouville?
23, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ouville?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ouville?
€24,970 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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