2.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker here. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone. The 2023 Census counted 291 residents in 130 households. In Torchamp, 4.8% of households have no car.
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 Torchamp
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Torchamp, 18% of its 190 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Torchamp’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 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 higher share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns, at 18%
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. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In Torchamp, 12% of homes stand empty.
From 2012 to 2023, 74% of compared French towns grew faster than Torchamp: −1%
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 ±0% to 2017, then −1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne.
Torchamp is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Torchamp 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents are 65 or over here. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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 2.2 people on average. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children.
€24,970 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,970 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 49% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 80% of compared French towns, at 9.5%
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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 70% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants stands at 9.8%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Torchamp. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 78% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 24%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (291 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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).
Torchamp is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torchamp | 51.5 | 27% | 18% | 9.8% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 3.5 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 9.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 10.2 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 11.6 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Mortain-Bocage 2,961 · 13.3 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 11% | 7.7% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 14.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
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 Torchamp
What is the population of Torchamp?
291 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (294).
How old are Torchamp’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Torchamp?
34, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Torchamp?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.8% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (9.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Torchamp?
€24,970 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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