A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
The figure for one-person households is 19% in Hargicourt and 35% in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Hargicourt (21%). At 5.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. The town is home to 545 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Hargicourt
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hargicourt had 570 residents at the 2012 census and 545 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Hargicourt has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +5%, then −9% to 2023.
Hargicourt is younger than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hargicourt 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.1%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Hargicourt ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 11%, Hargicourt is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Empty homes: 8.8%, a higher share than 71% 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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.6% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,910 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.
Half of Hargicourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 23%, a higher share than 91% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.4% in Hargicourt, less than in 88% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Hargicourt has 1.5%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Hargicourt, 51%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Hargicourt
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Hargicourt comes in at 22%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 545 to 2,582 people
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Hargicourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hargicourt | 41.8 | 20% | 3.6% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 9.3 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 10.4 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 10.6 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 10.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 11.2 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 12.3 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
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 Hargicourt
What is the population of Hargicourt?
545 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (570).
How old are Hargicourt’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hargicourt?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hargicourt?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hargicourt?
€23,910 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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