2.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont, 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 7.1% of the total. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 4.9% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 296, in 140 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont, 21% of its 190 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 21%, a higher share than 93% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 25%. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Lower than in 72% of compared French towns: 5.2% of homes stand empty.
Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 51% 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 change was +9% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont is older than 82% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont has 25%.
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 smaller share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone here.
Standard of living at the median: €23,540 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,540 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.6%, a lower share than 95% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 29%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are immigrants, fewer 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.
In Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont, 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont
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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 19%
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 share of adults with no qualification tops nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 22%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (296 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont | 49.6 | 25% | 21% | 2% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 1.8 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 4.7 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 2.4% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 9 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 11 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 13.6 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 14.2 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 Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont
What is the population of Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont?
296 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (282).
How old are Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont?
40, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Nicolas-de-Pierrepont?
€23,540 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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