A median age of 55.5: Taillepied is older than 95% of compared French towns
By its share of empty homes (12%), Taillepied is above 88% of compared French towns. The town counted 18 residents and 11 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 17%.
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 Taillepied
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Taillepied, 24% of its 17 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Taillepied had 27 residents at the 2012 census and 18 in 2023, down 33%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Taillepied’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 0% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Taillepied’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 67% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 24% in Taillepied, more than in 94% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in six has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Since 2012, Taillepied has changed by −33%, slower than 99% 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 −22% from 2012 to 2017 and −14% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 86% 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
■ Taillepied 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Taillepied and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 67 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 1.7 people each. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 100%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Taillepied’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Taillepied sits above 99% of compared French towns for single residents (53%)
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
35% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 31%
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
With graduates of higher education at 19%, Taillepied is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 18 to 2,582
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).
Older than Taillepied: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taillepied | 55.5 | 30% | 24% | 0% |
| La Haye 4,029 · 5 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% | 2.5% |
| Port-Bail-sur-Mer 2,520 · 5.5 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 52% | 2.4% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 7.6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 7.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 10.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 12 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 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 Taillepied
What is the population of Taillepied?
18 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% fewer than in 2012 (27).
How old are Taillepied’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Taillepied?
4, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Taillepied?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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