A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
In Bailleul, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, this Orne town has more second homes than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.7%. At the 2023 Census, 609 people lived locally, in 270 households. 27% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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.
Bailleul’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 76% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
A median age of 50: Bailleul is older than 83% 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
■ Bailleul 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Bailleul, 3.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Bailleul has more couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 30%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
Bailleul ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.5%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 6.1%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,250 a year to live on
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 €25,250 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Bailleul sits above 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (39%)
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
Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 1.9% of Bailleul’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 56%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Bailleul has 16%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Bailleul ranks below 89% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
On adults with no qualification, Bailleul sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 20%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (609 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Bailleul is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleul | 50 | 27% | 8.7% | 1.2% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 4.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 5.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 10.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 13 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 14.2 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Sées 4,168 · 16.3 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
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 Bailleul
What is the population of Bailleul?
609 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (618).
How old are Bailleul’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bailleul?
27, with occasional dwellings: 8.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bailleul?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bailleul?
€25,250 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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