A smaller share of flats than 97% of compared French towns: 3.8%
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Clary has 1.9%. At the 2023 Census, 1,088 people lived locally, in 470 households. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 23 here (4.3%). On one-person households, Clary sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 30%.
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.
Clary changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Clary, less than in 65% 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
■ Clary 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Half of Clary’s residents are under 43.9, younger than in 51% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 74% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Clary has 8.5%. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 62% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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
On second homes, 1.3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 12 here (8.2%).
€25,090 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.
At €25,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 63% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person here. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% 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 Clary, 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. For Clary, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (45%), Clary is above 69% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Clary sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Clary has 22%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,088 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Clary
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clary | 43.9 | 20% | 1.3% | 2.7% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 3.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 6.7 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 6.8 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert 3,562 · 8.2 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 8.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 8.8 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
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 Clary
What is the population of Clary?
1,088 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,134).
How old are Clary’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Clary?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Clary?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Clary?
€25,090 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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