Residents aged 15 to 24: 6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 3.3%, Raids is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 216 residents and 91 households in the town. In Raids, just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person. More second homes than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 5.8%.
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 Raids
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Raids’ residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Raids had 183 residents at the 2012 census and 216 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +18% since 2012, faster than 87% 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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
Half of Raids is under 38.7, younger than 85% 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
■ Raids 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, below just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Raids, more than in 88% 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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.6%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Raids has 33%.
100% of homes are houses
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Turnover: 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,370 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.
At €24,370 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Raids: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals here. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% 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.
In Raids, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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 Raids, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Raids, less than in 72% 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
Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 216 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Raids 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raids | 38.7 | 18% | 5.8% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 8.4 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 8.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 11.5 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 11.8 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 11.8 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
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 Raids
What is the population of Raids?
216 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (183).
How old are Raids’ residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Raids?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Raids?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Raids?
€24,370 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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