4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 91% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing trails 88% of compared French towns: 4.7%. At the same time, 26% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 71% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,818 residents in 1,330 households. For Goderville, the census puts single-parent households at 7.9%.
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.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 71% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Seine-Maritime town ±0%.
A median age of 44.8: Goderville is older than 55% 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
■ Goderville 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Goderville: 37% of households are one person living alone, above 59% 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
Average household size: 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children in Goderville.
Only 5.2% of homes stand empty in Goderville
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
Without a car: one household in eight, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car come to 12% in Goderville, about one in ten.
Standard of living at the median: €26,600 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,600 a year: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. 8.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
Locally, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.2% of Goderville’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%).
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%
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 Goderville, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For 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.
In Goderville, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 71% 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
Across Goderville, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 23% in Goderville and 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,789 to 2,847 people), the 17th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Miremont (37.7), the youngest, and L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île (66.6), the oldest.
Goderville is younger than 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goderville | 44.8 | 26% | 2.3% | 1% |
| Criquetot-l'Esneval 2,668 · 4.3 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.1% | 0.8% |
| Bolbec 11,590 · 7.2 mi | 39.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 3% |
| Fécamp 17,313 · 7.5 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 7.1% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc 4,780 · 8 mi | 43.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Gruchet-le-Valasse 3,008 · 8.4 mi | 42.3 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.3% |
| Épouville 2,601 · 8.5 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
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 Goderville
What is the population of Goderville?
2,818 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,824).
How old are Goderville’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Goderville?
33, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Goderville?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Goderville?
€26,600 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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