Écouché-les-Vallées is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.7
By its share of households headed by a retired person (42%), Écouché-les-Vallées is above 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,193 people lived locally, in 1,020 households. Empty homes: 11% of the total. Fewer flats than in 77% of compared French towns: 15%.
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 Écouché-les-Vallées
An older town
Half of Écouché-les-Vallées’ residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 75% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
Only 8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Écouché-les-Vallées
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Écouché-les-Vallées 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households make up 7.4% in Écouché-les-Vallées, less than in 86% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. At 39%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 21%, below 68% of compared French towns.
Écouché-les-Vallées ranks above 80% of compared French towns on second homes: 5.9%
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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up 14%, against 12% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,880 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,880 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 11.0% of residents.
The largest group of households: retired (42%)
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 census found that 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Écouché-les-Vallées. On households headed by a manual worker, 14% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.8%, Écouché-les-Vallées is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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 45% in Écouché-les-Vallées. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Écouché-les-Vallées, less than in 88% 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
With adults with no qualification at 29%, Écouché-les-Vallées is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,193 to 2,582 people
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Écouché-les-Vallées, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écouché-les-Vallées | 51.7 | 31% | 5.9% | 1.1% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 5.2 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 11.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 12.6 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 13.8 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Sées 4,168 · 15.7 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 17 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 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 Écouché-les-Vallées
What is the population of Écouché-les-Vallées?
2,193 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,218).
How old are Écouché-les-Vallées’ residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Écouché-les-Vallées?
73, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Écouché-les-Vallées?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Écouché-les-Vallées?
€24,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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