In Tollevast, 0.1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car is 2.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. At 8.1%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Tollevast’s population at 1,654, in 670 households. Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, or about one in four.
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 Tollevast
Growing fast
Tollevast had 1,240 residents at the 2012 census and 1,654 in 2023, up 33%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+33% since 2012, a pace 97% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +23%, and from 2017 to 2023 +9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 88% 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
■ Tollevast 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Tollevast is 40.4, lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 93% 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
By its share of single-parent households (4.5%), Tollevast is below 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 5.5% of homes are second homes
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
4.6% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €30,110 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 median standard of living in Tollevast is €30,110 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Tollevast
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Tollevast. For Tollevast, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 11%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tollevast ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Across Tollevast, 0.6% 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.
In Tollevast, 15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Tollevast comes in at 55%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 11% in Tollevast, less than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Graduates of higher education make up 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,654 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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).
Tollevast 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tollevast | 40.4 | 16% | 5.5% | 0.9% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 4.1 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 7.7 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 7.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 9.7 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 10.5 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 16.8 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 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 Tollevast
What is the population of Tollevast?
1,654 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% more than in 2012 (1,240).
How old are Tollevast’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tollevast?
41, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tollevast?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tollevast?
€30,110 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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