Fewer households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 7.7%
Second homes: 7% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 146 residents in 64 households. Households without a car make up about one in 33 here (3%).
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.
Faster growth than 82% of compared French towns: Commeaux changed by +15% since 2012
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 +21% to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns, at 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Commeaux 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Commeaux is older than 57% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Commeaux, 15% of households are one person living alone, 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
Households here average 2.3 people each. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.7%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. By contrast, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Commeaux.
Only 1.3% of homes are flats in Commeaux
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. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Commeaux, the census puts empty homes at 4.2%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,440 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 €26,440 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Commeaux sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (23%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Commeaux has 23%. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Commeaux, 0.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Commeaux ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Commeaux, 48%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Commeaux, less than in 81% 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
Locally, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Commeaux is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commeaux | 45 | 17% | 7% | 0.6% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 5.3 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 8.3 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 9.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 16.2 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 16.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 17.2 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
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 Commeaux
What is the population of Commeaux?
146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (127).
How old are Commeaux’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Commeaux?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Commeaux?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Commeaux?
€26,440 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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