More residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 24%
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Famars comes in at 7.4%. At the 2023 Census Famars was home to 2,474 people in 1,330 households. Across Famars, 18% of households are couples with children. This Nord town has more households without a car than 83% of compared French towns, at 20%.
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 Famars
Many people living alone
51% of Famars’ households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 31% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 70% 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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, −2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Famars is younger than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Famars 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Famars, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
51% of households are one person living alone, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 8.9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Famars ranks above 63% of compared French towns on flats: 39%
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
One household in five has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.4% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €27,390 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,390 a year: higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Some 16.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Households headed by a retired person: 25%, a lower share than 85% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 16%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.8% of residents in Famars 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Famars: 36% of residents 15 and over are single, above 94% 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 share of married residents is 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Famars: 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 83% 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
Adults with no qualification: 14% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,474 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Famars
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Famars | 42.7 | 22% | 2.4% | 5.8% |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes 7,080 · 0.9 mi | 35.9 | 19% | 0.8% | 7.9% |
| Maing 3,954 · 1.6 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Trith-Saint-Léger 6,019 · 1.6 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Marly 11,995 · 2.1 mi | 39.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.5% |
| Valenciennes 43,468 · 2.6 mi | 36.4 | 17% | 3% | 11% |
| La Sentinelle 3,103 · 2.8 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 5.6% |
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 Famars
What is the population of Famars?
2,474 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,475).
How old are Famars’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Famars?
36, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Famars?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Famars?
€27,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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