In Melleville, 2.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Melleville has 7.2%. The town counted 264 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 23: that is how common single-parent households are in Melleville (4.3%). Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 26% here, more than in 97% 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 Melleville
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Melleville, 10% of its 140 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 93% 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.
Second homes make up 10% in Melleville, more than in 88% of compared French towns
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
On empty homes, 5.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Across Melleville, 7% of households have no car.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 67% 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 those years, the median Seine-Maritime town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Melleville is over 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Melleville 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Melleville, 20% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
In Melleville, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 76% 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
One-person households make up 31%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
Median standard of living: €24,080 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,080 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 63% of compared French towns: 35%
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. Typically, 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. Typically, 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 56% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The share of single residents trails 90% of compared French towns: 20%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Melleville, less than in 90% 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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Melleville is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melleville | 46.3 | 20% | 10% | 0.4% |
| Eu 6,499 · 6.7 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 8.2 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 1.8% |
| Criel-sur-Mer 2,527 · 8.3 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 44% | 2.6% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 8.3 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 9.3 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
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 Melleville
What is the population of Melleville?
264 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (262).
How old are Melleville’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Melleville?
14, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Melleville?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Melleville?
€24,080 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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