Photo: Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0In Fécamp, 15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Fécamp had 17,313 residents in 8,880 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put empty homes at 11% in the town. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 80% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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 Fécamp
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fécamp had 19,262 residents at the 2012 census and 17,313 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 30% rent privately and 40% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Fécamp has changed by −10%, slower than 97% 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 Seine-Maritime town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 78% of compared French towns: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fécamp 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Fécamp, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 46% in Fécamp, more 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 Seine-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.9 people each. Fécamp has more single-parent households than 79% of compared French towns, at 12%. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households without a car than 91% of compared French towns: 25%
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
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 52% in Fécamp. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.1% of homes are second homes. Few places have as many households in social housing: 28% here, more than in 90% of compared French towns.
€22,230 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.
The median standard of living in Fécamp is €22,230 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 22.0% of residents are below the line.
In Fécamp, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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 manual worker: 18%, above just over three quarters 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).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Fécamp
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Seine-Maritime has 3.5%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 63.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 35%, a lower share than 89% 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
Single residents: 30%, above 77% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fécamp sits above 92% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (30%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 19%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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.
Ages run from 33.3 in L'Isle-d'Abeau to 60.4 in La Baule-Escoublac.
Every neighbor is younger than Fécamp
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fécamp | 49.2 | 27% | 7.1% | 2.1% |
| Goderville 2,818 · 7.5 mi | 44.8 | 26% | 2.3% | 1% |
| Criquetot-l'Esneval 2,668 · 9.3 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.1% | 0.8% |
| Cany-Barville 2,909 · 11.8 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 3% | 1.3% |
| Terres-de-Caux 4,245 · 12.1 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 1.9% | 1% |
| Bolbec 11,590 · 13.3 mi | 39.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 3% |
| Gruchet-le-Valasse 3,008 · 14.5 mi | 42.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.3% |
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 Fécamp
What is the population of Fécamp?
17,313 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (19,262).
How old are Fécamp’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fécamp?
760, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fécamp?
INSEE counts 360 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 280 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fécamp?
€22,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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