0.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Yvetot-Bocage, 1.4%. Across Yvetot-Bocage, 2.2% of households have no car. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. This Manche town had 1,212 residents in 490 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.
What stands out about the people of Yvetot-Bocage
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 3.9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Yvetot-Bocage has grown +6%, faster than 57% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Manche.
18% of residents are 65 or over, below 77% 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
■ Yvetot-Bocage 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4%, below 74% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 41.7, Yvetot-Bocage is younger than just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% 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
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone in Yvetot-Bocage. What’s more, on single-parent households, Yvetot-Bocage sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 3.9%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Average household size: 2.5 people.
Second homes: 4.2%, a higher share than 72% 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
8.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 5.4%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,580 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.
Living standards centre on €26,580 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a reference point, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Yvetot-Bocage. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education account for 29%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,212 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Yvetot-Bocage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvetot-Bocage | 41.7 | 18% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 1.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 6.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 9.5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 10.6 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 11.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 13.8 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
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 Yvetot-Bocage
What is the population of Yvetot-Bocage?
1,212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,139).
How old are Yvetot-Bocage’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yvetot-Bocage?
23, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yvetot-Bocage?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Yvetot-Bocage?
€26,580 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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