Anhiers: 41% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Anhiers comes in at 0.6%. This Nord town had 888 residents in 330 households at the 2023 census. Residents aged 65 and over: 16% of the total. Few places have as many households in social housing: 20% here, more than in 77% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Anhiers
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Anhiers had 949 residents at the 2012 census and 888 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Anhiers changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 92% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nord town ±0%.
Younger than 83% of compared French towns: half of Anhiers is under 39.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Anhiers 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 78% of compared French towns: 12%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Anhiers has 6%. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.7 people on average.
Anhiers sits below 72% of compared French towns for empty homes (5.1%)
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
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. For Anhiers, the census puts households without a car at 11%.
At the median, €24,170 a year to live on
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 Anhiers is €24,170 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 30% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Anhiers (8.9%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.2% in Anhiers, less than in 89% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.2% in Anhiers. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 87% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Anhiers
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
For Anhiers, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 888 to 2,582
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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Anhiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anhiers | 39.3 | 16% | 0% | 2.2% |
| Lallaing 6,287 · 1.1 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| Râches 2,672 · 1.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Flines-lez-Raches 5,745 · 1.8 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| Roost-Warendin 5,956 · 2.4 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 0.1% | 4.6% |
| Waziers 7,266 · 2.5 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 0.4% | 9.4% |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent 4,495 · 2.7 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 0.2% | 4.3% |
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 Anhiers
What is the population of Anhiers?
888 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (949).
How old are Anhiers’ residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Anhiers?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Anhiers?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Anhiers?
€24,170 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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