Assevent sits below 97% of compared French towns for empty homes (2.7%)
The figure for flats is 17% in Assevent and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 16%. Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker. Census day 2023: 1,769 residents and 820 households locally.
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 Assevent
Social housing
32% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 6.8% rent privately and 60% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 84% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nord town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A median age of 43.3: Assevent is younger 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
■ Assevent 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Assevent has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 50% of compared French towns, at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 65% of compared French towns: 11%
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
37% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A larger share of households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns: 32%
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: 0.8% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%.
€23,400 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €23,400 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.7%, a lower share than 70% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 34% in Assevent and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 70% of compared French towns: 4.4% 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.
About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Assevent (3.4%). 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 65% of compared French towns: 41%
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
On the census count, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 24%, a lower share than 72% 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
At 20%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 1,769 to 2,582 people, the 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Assevent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Assevent
What is the population of Assevent?
1,769 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,839).
How old are Assevent’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Assevent?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Assevent?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 61 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Assevent?
€23,400 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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