Sainte-Cécile ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.5%
Households headed by a manual worker: 21% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 792 residents in Sainte-Cécile, living in 350 households. Locally, 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% 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.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Sainte-Cécile behind 82% 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 Sainte-Cécile is over 48.9, older than 79% 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
■ Sainte-Cécile 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Sainte-Cécile, 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Sainte-Cécile sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.2%)
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, 2.3 people share a household. Sainte-Cécile has fewer one-person households than 87% of compared French towns, at 27%. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Cécile has 28%.
Sainte-Cécile ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4%
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: 6.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 25%. Higher than in 76% of compared French towns: 9.6% of homes stand empty. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Sainte-Cécile has 4.5%.
A median of €25,750 a year per consumption unit
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.
The median standard of living in Sainte-Cécile is €25,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 40%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly one in ten 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).
Only 1.4% of residents are immigrants in Sainte-Cécile
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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 51% in Sainte-Cécile, more than in 95% 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 (21%), Sainte-Cécile is below 89% of compared French towns. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification account for 20%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 792 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
Sainte-Cécile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Cécile | 48.9 | 28% | 4.5% | 1.4% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 1.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 5.5 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 7.8 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 12.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 13.1 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 14.3 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
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 Sainte-Cécile
What is the population of Sainte-Cécile?
792 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (819).
How old are Sainte-Cécile’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Cécile?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Cécile?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Cécile?
€25,750 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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