A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 36%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Vicq-sur-Mer, 8.1%. Flats account for 0.2%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 1,093 residents in 510 households: that is Vicq-sur-Mer 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.
What stands out about the people of Vicq-sur-Mer
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 320 second homes and occasional dwellings in Vicq-sur-Mer, 36% of its 870 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Vicq-sur-Mer’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
5.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 82% 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
Empty homes: 5%, below three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 4.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more.
From 2012 to 2023, Vicq-sur-Mer outgrew 68% of compared French towns: +10%
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 first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
Vicq-sur-Mer is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vicq-sur-Mer 50.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, above 86% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
7.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 81% 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
In Vicq-sur-Mer, 32% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, this Manche town has fewer couples with children than 66% of compared French towns, at 22%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,220 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.
At €26,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 82% 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 manual worker: 18%, above 74% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. The census found that 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Vicq-sur-Mer.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.3% of residents are immigrants in Vicq-sur-Mer
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 98% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 0.9%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Vicq-sur-Mer, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 91% 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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Vicq-sur-Mer ranks below 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 26%
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
For Vicq-sur-Mer, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,093 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 2 towns around Vicq-sur-Mer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicq-sur-Mer | 50.8 | 30% | 36% | 1.3% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 11.8 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 13.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 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 Vicq-sur-Mer
What is the population of Vicq-sur-Mer?
1,093 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (998).
How old are Vicq-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 50.8, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vicq-sur-Mer?
320, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vicq-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vicq-sur-Mer?
€26,220 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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