Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.1%)
Here 47% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances has more residents aged 65 and over than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 28%. At the 2023 Census, 387 people lived locally, in 180 households. Single-parent households account for 2.8%.
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 Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances had 418 residents at the 2012 census and 387 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 94% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −5%.
A median age of 48.1: Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances is older than 75% 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-Pierre-de-Coutances 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances is below 62% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 28%
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, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances, 39%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households average 2.2 people.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 1% in Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. The share of households without a car stands at 5.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,980 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 €25,980 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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 manual worker account for 14%. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.6%, a lower share than 86% 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 make up 1.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 87% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances is below nearly three quarters of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances (20%). The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances | 48.1 | 28% | 1% | 2.6% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 1 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 4.6 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 6.2 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 6.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 6.9 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 10.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
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-Pierre-de-Coutances
What is the population of Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances?
387 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (418).
How old are Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances’ residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances?
€25,980 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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