A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.2%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 339 residents in 140 households. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of households are one person living alone. 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Banteux.
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.
Banteux changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 62% 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 +3%, then −1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Banteux is younger than 54% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Banteux 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Banteux: 32% of households are couples with children, above 83% 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
The share of single-parent households is 7.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
Fewer households without a car than 68% of compared French towns: 7.7%
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
Empty homes: 8% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. On the census count, 2% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,790 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,790 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Banteux has 21%. The usual figure: 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).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.4% in Banteux and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 71% 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
The census found that 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Banteux. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Banteux, about two in ten. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest 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.
Around Banteux, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banteux | 43.4 | 16% | 2% | 1.8% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 3.4 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Proville 3,206 · 6.8 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 7.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 8.6 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 9.4 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 10.3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
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 Banteux
What is the population of Banteux?
339 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (333).
How old are Banteux’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Banteux?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Banteux?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Banteux?
€24,790 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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