22% of households are one person living alone, below 98% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Abancourt had 441 residents in 190 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 4.3% of the total. In Abancourt, 44% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
Since 2012, Abancourt has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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 +4%, then −5% to 2023.
Older than 61% of compared French towns: half of Abancourt is over 45.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Abancourt 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Abancourt, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Abancourt, 2.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Few places have as many couples with children: 28% here, more than in 64% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
100% of homes are houses
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
3.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 34% have been in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Abancourt sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,250 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.
Living standards centre on €29,250 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 14% in Abancourt, more than in 72% 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
Here 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.7% in Abancourt, less than in 85% 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.
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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 Abancourt, 47%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (39%), Abancourt is above 78% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 20th oldest of 41 French towns of 441 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Abancourt, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abancourt | 45.7 | 24% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 3.2 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 3.8 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 4.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Iwuy 3,403 · 5 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Proville 3,206 · 5 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Monchecourt 2,516 · 5.2 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
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 Abancourt
What is the population of Abancourt?
441 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (445).
How old are Abancourt’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Abancourt?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Abancourt?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Abancourt?
€29,250 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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