Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Sourdeval is over 59
55% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Sourdeval is home to 3,026 residents in 1,510 households, by the 2023 Census. For Sourdeval, the census puts second homes at 8.9%. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 15% of households are couples with children.
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 Sourdeval
An older town
Half of Sourdeval’s residents are under 59 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 250 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.
Since 2012, Sourdeval has changed by −4%, slower than 85% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Sourdeval sits above 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (39%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sourdeval 59. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
5.9% of households are single parents, below 96% 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 1.9 people in the average household. 38% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 62% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Sourdeval sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.9% (under two years). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up 11%, against 12% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €22,850 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.
At €22,850 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 15.0%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 3.3% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 16%, against 14% 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 60% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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 60% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 21 here (4.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of married residents tops 93% of compared French towns: 51%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 Sourdeval, two in five adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,996 to 3,058 people: this is the 3rd 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.
Pommeuse is the youngest (39.2); Agon-Coutainville the oldest (63.8).
Sourdeval is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sourdeval | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 7.1 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 7.8 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 9 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 9.1 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 11.5 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 12.7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 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 Sourdeval
What is the population of Sourdeval?
3,026 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (3,151).
How old are Sourdeval’s residents?
The median age is 59, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sourdeval?
170, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sourdeval?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sourdeval?
€22,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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