Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of homes are flats
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Saint-Clément-Rancoudray has 7.2%. Census day 2023: 555 residents and 250 households locally. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 50%. 4.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 92% 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 Saint-Clément-Rancoudray
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 65 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, 18% of its 360 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Saint-Clément-Rancoudray’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. At 18%, the share of second homes is higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here 13% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 64% 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
Over those years, the median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Saint-Clément-Rancoudray is over 53.1, older than 91% 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
■ Saint-Clément-Rancoudray 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, 30%.
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%.
In Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 85% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, 22%. Lower than in 80% of compared French towns: 8% of households are single parents. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Median living standard: €21,950 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 €21,950 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Saint-Clément-Rancoudray sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, 14% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 91% 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 14% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray. That is higher than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 56% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, 33%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 555 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Saint-Clément-Rancoudray, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clément-Rancoudray | 53.1 | 30% | 18% | 14% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 4 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 4.1 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 9.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 10.2 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 11.4 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 12.3 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
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 Saint-Clément-Rancoudray
What is the population of Saint-Clément-Rancoudray?
555 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (548).
How old are Saint-Clément-Rancoudray’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray?
65, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Clément-Rancoudray?
€21,950 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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