5.1% of homes are flats, below 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Tribehou, 25%. The town is home to 525 residents in 240 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.9% of households have no car. 27% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 77% 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.
What stands out about the people of Tribehou
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tribehou, 11% of its 300 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Tribehou. 7.4% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 53% 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 +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Older than 78% of compared French towns: half of Tribehou is over 48.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tribehou 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 5.9% of households are single parents in Tribehou
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Tribehou has 27%. One-person households make up about one in three here (31%). The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€24,230 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,230 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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).
Tribehou sits below 92% of compared French towns for immigrants (2%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Tribehou has 2.7%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 75% 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
Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Tribehou, less than in 93% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 28%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 525 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Tribehou and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribehou | 48.7 | 27% | 11% | 2% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 6.5 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 7.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Agneaux 4,286 · 8.7 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 9.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 9.4 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 10 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
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 Tribehou
What is the population of Tribehou?
525 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (504).
How old are Tribehou’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tribehou?
32, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tribehou?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tribehou?
€24,230 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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