A median age of 55: Yquelon is older than 94% of compared French towns
With couples with children at 18%, Yquelon is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. In Yquelon, 4.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). On households headed by a retired person, Yquelon sits higher than 95% of compared French towns: 47%. At the 2023 Census, 1,240 people lived locally, in 590 households.
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 Yquelon
An older town
Half of Yquelon’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Yquelon had 1,040 residents at the 2012 census and 1,240 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +19% since 2012, faster than 89% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Manche town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +14% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Yquelon 55. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 36%, Yquelon is ahead of 94% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
31% of households are one person living alone, below 72% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. One in ten households are single parents, more than in 55% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.6%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Here 4.3% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,680 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 Yquelon is €27,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 90% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Yquelon, 2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Yquelon comes in at 1.9%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 Yquelon, 17% 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
Here just over half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 58% of compared French towns: 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Yquelon. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Yquelon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yquelon | 55 | 36% | 4.3% | 2.2% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 1.1 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
| Granville 12,510 · 1.2 mi | 58.9 | 41% | 25% | 3% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 2.4 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 3.9 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 7.8 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 10.1 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 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 Yquelon
What is the population of Yquelon?
1,240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,040).
How old are Yquelon’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yquelon?
28, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yquelon?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Yquelon?
€27,680 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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