A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 89% of compared French towns: 4.5%. Single-parent households make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). 3.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. Thèreval counted 1,775 residents and 780 households at the 2023 Census.
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 −1% change since 2012: slower than 73% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Manche town ±0%.
In Thèreval, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 87% 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
■ Thèreval 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Thèreval’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Thèreval, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 76% 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
The share of couples with children is 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Households in social housing make up 6.5% in Thèreval, less than in 79% 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
3.4% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.8% (under two years). On empty homes, Thèreval sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 6.1%. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,550 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,550 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Thèreval, 37% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 74% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (15%), Thèreval is above 59% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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: 0.7%, below 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Thèreval ranks below 97% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
In Thèreval, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,775 to 2,582 people, the 13th youngest
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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Thèreval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thèreval | 43.5 | 21% | 3.4% | 0.9% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 3.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 4.6 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 6 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 8.5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 10 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
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 Thèreval
What is the population of Thèreval?
1,775 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,788).
How old are Thèreval’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thèreval?
29, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thèreval?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thèreval?
€26,550 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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