1.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 23% of households are one person living alone here. There were 64 households in Gâprée at the 2023 Census, home to 142 residents. Locally, 15% of households are headed by a retired person. At 4.6%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
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 Gâprée
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gâprée, 16% of its 84 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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
16% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Gâprée, the census puts empty homes at 8.4%.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 64% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%. The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +6%.
Gâprée is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gâprée 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 26% in Gâprée.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
In Gâprée, 31% of households are couples with children, more than in 79% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Each household has 2.2 people on average. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,330 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,330 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.4%, a lower share than 78% 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.
2.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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 lower share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 21%
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, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Gâprée, less than in 76% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Gâprée. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 142 to 2,582
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).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Gâprée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gâprée | 47.3 | 26% | 16% | 3.4% |
| Sées 4,168 · 5.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 13.7 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 13.8 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 16.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 16.2 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 16.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
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 Gâprée
What is the population of Gâprée?
142 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (140).
How old are Gâprée’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gâprée?
13, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gâprée?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gâprée?
€25,330 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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