Half of Échauffour is over 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Échauffour counted 717 residents and 320 households at the 2023 Census. In Échauffour, 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). On single-parent households, Échauffour sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Échauffour
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Échauffour, 20% of its 480 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Échauffour’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 59 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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
26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.4% moved in within the last two years. Second homes are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 12%, above 89% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Échauffour has changed by −3%, slower than 80% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Orne town −5%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 39% in Échauffour, more than in 97% 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
■ Échauffour 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 92% of compared French towns: 8%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Échauffour, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 67% 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 2.1 people. Échauffour has more one-person households than 53% of compared French towns, at 36%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,610 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 €24,610 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 retired person is 36%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 2.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Échauffour has 1.6%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Échauffour, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Échauffour
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Échauffour, 24%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (717 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Échauffour
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échauffour | 55.6 | 39% | 20% | 2.5% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 9.3 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 10.4 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Sées 4,168 · 13.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 13.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 14.5 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 16.1 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 Échauffour
What is the population of Échauffour?
717 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (737).
How old are Échauffour’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Échauffour?
98, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Échauffour?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Échauffour?
€24,610 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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